The Lewistown, PA Metro Area is home to many politically active citizens. City and county officials are elected through a democratic process and work together to improve the lives of local residents. The area is served by two representatives in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, both affiliated with the Democrat party. There is also a Republican senator who represents the area in Harrisburg. Additionally, local elections are held every two years for mayor and city council members as well as other municipal offices. These elections are hotly contested as candidates from different political parties debate issues such as taxes, public safety, education, infrastructure and economic development. Every vote counts in these elections as they determine the future direction of Lewistown and its surrounding townships.
The political climate in Lewistown Metro Area is very conservative.
In Lewistown Metro Area 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Lewistown metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 21.4%.
The Lewistown metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lewistown Metro Area is very conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lewistown Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 278 contributions totaling $12,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $26,829 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)