The Lancaster, PA Metro Area is a vibrant community with a variety of interests and activities. Politically, the region is mainly represented by the Democratic Party. The area has had many well-known political figures such as Al Gore, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton who all have campaigned in the region. Despite its strong Democratic leanings, the region also has some Republican representatives in state and local government. John Hoeven is one prominent figure from the area who serves as the US Senator for North Dakota. In addition to those elected to office, there are many organizations and grassroots efforts working towards making positive changes in the community. These groups are focused on providing affordable housing, improving public transportation accessibility, and increasing economic opportunities for minorities living in Lancaster County.
The political climate in Lancaster Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Lancaster Metro Area 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Lancaster metro area remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.2%.
The Lancaster metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lancaster Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lancaster, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lancaster Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,496 contributions totaling $1,682,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,128 contributions totaling $2,920,922 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)