The politics in 17070 New Cumberland, PA are influenced by the local civic and business leaders of the community. As a small town located in the west side of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the citizens rely on their elected officials to represent them in matters such as taxation, health care, education, public safety, economic development and other important issues facing their community. The county is served by two state representatives, a senator and delegate to the General Assembly. There are also several local school boards that represent various municipalities within the county. Every two years residents of New Cumberland can cast their votes for these candidates who will help shape the future of this small town for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 17070 (New Cumberland, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Cumberland County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Cumberland County, PA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17070 (New Cumberland, PA) is somewhat conservative.
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is somewhat 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.
New Cumberland, 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 17070 (New Cumberland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 614 contributions totaling $65,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $56,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)