Lebanon County is located in south central Pennsylvania and is home to a population of approximately 133,000 people. In terms of politics, the county is traditionally conservative. Local politics are dominated by the Republican party, which holds most county offices, including commissioner and auditor. The county leans heavily toward the GOP on state and national issues as well. Recently, however, many younger voters have begun to shift their views away from traditional conservative stances and toward more progressive policies such as gun control and environmental protection. This shift has led to increased competition in local races between Republicans and Democrats, making Lebanon County politics increasingly interesting.
The political climate in Lebanon County, PA is strongly conservative.
In Lebanon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lebanon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.3%.
Lebanon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lebanon County, PA is strongly conservative.
Lebanon 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.
Lebanon, 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 Lebanon County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,783 contributions totaling $244,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,611 contributions totaling $345,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)