Lewisburg, PA (17837) is a small town located in the Susquehanna River Valley of Pennsylvania. As a rural area, politics often takes a back seat to other matters within the community. The main source of political representation comes from Union County and its commissioners who oversee local interests and advocate for their constituents in Harrisburg. Additionally, state representatives and senators from Union County are also elected to represent Lewisburg and its residents in the state legislature. At the moment there are no local candidates running for office, but many individuals still stay involved with political activism by participating in local organizations that work to address issues impacting the town.
The political climate in Zip 17837 (Lewisburg, PA) is moderately conservative.
Union County, PA is strongly conservative. In Union County, PA 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 37.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17837 (Lewisburg, PA) is moderately conservative.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Union County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lewisburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Lewisburg, 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 17837 (Lewisburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,498 contributions totaling $240,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 365 contributions totaling $149,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)