The politics in 17737 Hughesville, PA focus mainly on local issues and candidates. Residents of the area are concerned with policy matters that affect their quality of life, including education, healthcare, economic development, public safety, infrastructure, transportation, and environmental initiatives. Of course, residents also pay attention to who is running for office in the various municipalities that make up the area. There are several local political candidates that run for different offices every election cycle. They come from a variety of backgrounds and have different ideas and perspectives on what should be done to benefit the community. Community engagement is essential in order for residents to understand who the candidates are and what their plans are for the future of Hughesville. Through voting and other forms of participation in local government activities such as committees or boards, citizens can help shape the policy decisions that impact them daily.
The political climate in Zip 17737 (Hughesville, PA) is very conservative.
Lycoming County, PA is very conservative. In Lycoming County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lycoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.6%.
Lycoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17737 (Hughesville, PA) is very conservative.
Hughesville, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Williamsport 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.
Hughesville, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 17737 (Hughesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $14,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)