East York, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the southeast corner of the state. Like many towns of its size, East York has a small local political scene that involves primarily mayoral and city council elections. The current mayor is Robert Smith, who was elected to his post in 2018 and is running for re-election this year. The city council consists of seven members representing various districts within the town. Recently, there have been several new candidates from both sides of the political aisle vying for their chance to serve on the council. They have different visions for how best to lead East York and maintain its small-town charm while also striving towards progress and development. Though debates between candidates are usually civil, there is still an overall sense of excitement as citizens get to decide who will best represent their interests at the municipal level.
The political climate in East York, PA is somewhat conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 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, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East York, PA is somewhat conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
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.
East York, 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 York, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,786 contributions totaling $583,293 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,115 contributions totaling $310,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)