The politics in Milton, Pennsylvania, zip code 17847 are heavily influenced by the local and state government. Issues such as taxes, education, infrastructure, and healthcare are all heavily debated by both local and state officials. Local political candidates often come from the surrounding area and have strong ties to the community. They run on platforms that focus on issues that are important to local residents like economic growth, job creation, public safety, and environmental protection. Statewide elections for office holders such as governor or senator also take place every few years and the outcome of these elections has a large impact on the political landscape of Milton. Residents have the opportunity to participate in this process by voting for their preferred candidate or issue during election cycles.
The political climate in Zip 17847 (Milton, PA) is strongly conservative.
Northumberland County, PA is very conservative. In Northumberland County, PA 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Northumberland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 29.9%.
Northumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17847 (Milton, PA) is strongly conservative.
Milton, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Sunbury 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.
Milton, 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 17847 (Milton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 173 contributions totaling $15,597 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $4,526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)