East Lampeter Township, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is an area with a long and varied history of political involvement. With a population of just over 14,000 people, it’s not a large municipality but is home to many diverse residents who are actively engaged in their local politics. Together, they work to keep their government accountable and ensure that their voices are heard. Residents take part in town hall meetings and vote for representatives in local elections to determine which issues are important to the community and how best to address them. The local government works with citizens to create initiatives that benefit the entire area. From supporting small businesses to investing in infrastructure projects, East Lampeter Township is committed to creating a vibrant future for its citizens.
The political climate in East Lampeter, PA is somewhat 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
East Lampeter, PA is somewhat 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.
East Lampeter, 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 East Lampeter, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,094 contributions totaling $1,504,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,918 contributions totaling $1,391,458 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)