Wrightsville, PA is a small town with a population of around 3,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Joe Smith. The council, which consists of seven members, meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the community such as taxation and zoning. All decisions are made through consensus and voted on in public meetings. Elections for local political candidates take place every two years and are held in November. There have been several candidates over the last few years who have sought to represent their constituents based on their experience, beliefs, and vision for the town. Residents take part in lively debates from both sides of the aisle during election season to ensure that they elect representatives who will put their interests first.
The political climate in Wrightsville, PA is somewhat conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wrightsville, PA is somewhat conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover 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.
Wrightsville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Wrightsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $13,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $13,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)