Selinsgrove, PA is a small town located in Snyder County, and is part of the Greater Susquehanna Valley. Politically, 17870 Selinsgrove leans heavily towards the Republican Party. Local elections in Selinsgrove are generally uncontested as the local Republicans run unopposed for office. Selinsgrove is represented in the Pennsylvania General Assembly by Republican State Representative Lynda Schlegel Culver. Senator Jake Corman is the region's representative in the state Senate. While not all members of the community align with the Republican Party, it has become a stronghold for conservative politics in Selinsgrove that shows no sign of weakening any time soon.
The political climate in Zip 17870 (Selinsgrove, PA) is strongly conservative.
Snyder County, PA is very conservative. In Snyder County, PA 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Snyder county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 25.6%.
Snyder county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17870 (Selinsgrove, PA) is strongly conservative.
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Snyder County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Selinsgrove 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.
Selinsgrove, 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 17870 (Selinsgrove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 283 contributions totaling $69,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $16,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)