Ephrata Borough, PA is a small town with a population of about 13,500 people. It is located in Lancaster County and governed by seven elected council members along with a mayor. The political climate of Ephrata Borough has traditionally been conservative, though the town does tend to lean right in elections. There are several local political candidates that have represented the borough in recent years, including Kelly Green on the Democratic side and Bill Platt on the Republican side. Each candidate brings unique perspectives and ideas to the table, focusing not only on issues important to Ephrata Borough residents but also those which affect all citizens of Pennsylvania. Additionally, both candidates strive to ensure that their constituents receive fair representation from their local government.
The political climate in Ephrata, 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
Ephrata, 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.
Ephrata, 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 Ephrata, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 496 contributions totaling $17,086 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 368 contributions totaling $55,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)