The York-Hanover Metro Area is an important political center in Pennsylvania. It contains the cities of York and Hanover, as well as a number of other townships and boroughs. All of these areas are served by local government representatives who look after the interests of their constituents. Local elections take place regularly, giving citizens the chance to vote for candidates that best represent their views and beliefs. Additionally, state and federal representatives also have offices in the area, allowing citizens to access services related to politics and government issues. There is an active political scene in the York-Hanover Metro Area with a variety of initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in York-Hanover Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In York-Hanover Metro Area 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, the York-Hanover metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
The York-Hanover metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
York-Hanover, 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 York-Hanover Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,568 contributions totaling $1,180,426 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,723 contributions totaling $912,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)