The small town of Damascus, Pennsylvania is located in Wayne County and is home to around 500 people. The political landscape of the town consists of a Democratic majority, as with much of Wayne County. The most recent election saw Democrats gain majorities on both the county and local levels, giving them control over the budget and other important decisions that affect the community. Although there are no current political candidates from Damascus itself, the surrounding areas have several who are vying for office in 2021. These candidates include those from both major parties as well as independent candidates. As it stands, the political climate in Damascus looks set to remain heavily Democratic for the foreseeable future.
The political climate in Damascus, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, PA is very conservative. In Wayne County, PA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Damascus, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Damascus, 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 Damascus, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 536 contributions totaling $65,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 313 contributions totaling $81,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)