Midland, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in Beaver County. It is known for its historic buildings, quaint downtown, and rural charm. Politically, Midland is firmly rooted in the Republican party and often votes conservatively in local elections. However, due to the town’s small size, there are not many political candidates that run for local office. In 2018, incumbent Mayor Barry Holtz was reelected unopposed for a third term of office. As far as national politics go, Midland tends to vote along traditional Republican lines; however, the locals take pride in their ability to discuss different points of view without creating division between neighbors or friends.
The political climate in Zip 15059 (Midland, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Beaver County, PA is moderately conservative. In Beaver County, PA 40.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.4%.
Beaver county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15059 (Midland, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Midland, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Pittsburgh 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.
Midland, Pennsylvania: d d 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 15059 (Midland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $6,041 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)