Conestoga Township, PA, is a rural township in Lancaster County that is home to a diverse population. It is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Supervisors. The board is responsible for setting the townships fiscal policies and developing plans on how best to meet the needs of its citizens. The board also oversees the budgets for local government services such as roads, police, fire protection, and parks and recreation. Conestoga Township has also created several committees including a Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Committee, and Economic Development Advisory Council which advise the Board of Supervisors on important local matters. Elections for supervisors are held every two years with candidates running on a nonpartisan ballot. Residents of Conestoga Township have an opportunity to participate in shaping their community through their votes for qualified candidates who will represent their interests.
The political climate in Conestoga township, PA is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Lancaster County, PA 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, Lancaster county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.2%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Conestoga township, PA is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
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.
Conestoga township, 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 Conestoga township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,384 contributions totaling $441,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 974 contributions totaling $403,964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)