Politics in Ickesburg, PA (17037), a small rural town located in Perry County, are largely focused on local issues that affect the community. The town is represented by Representative Mark Keller of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, who works to ensure that Ickesburg receives proper funding and resources for local projects. Local elections are held every two years, and voters have the opportunity to choose from a variety of candidates representing both major parties. Issues addressed include education, economic development, healthcare access, law enforcement, and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, Ickesburg residents often become involved in larger state-wide political debates on a variety of topics such as taxation, the environment, and gun control. Regardless of their political beliefs or affiliations, residents of Ickesburg take an active role in ensuring that their voices are heard and their interests are represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 17037 (Ickesburg, PA) is very conservative.
Perry County, PA is very conservative. In Perry County, PA 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.1%.
Perry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17037 (Ickesburg, PA) is very conservative.
Ickesburg, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Perry County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area is leaning 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.
Ickesburg, 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 17037 (Ickesburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)