Fort Indiantown Gap is a small town in Pennsylvania located in the northern part of Lebanon County. It is home to a large military base, the National Guard Training Center, and is known for being one of the most important military installations in the country. Politically, Fort Indiantown Gap is represented primarily by Republican politicians at both the state and federal level. Representative Russ Diamond and Senator John DiSanto are just two of the local politicians representing this area in Harrisburg. Additionally, Lebanon County Commissioner Bill Ames serves as an advocate for Fort Indiantown Gap on county-level issues. Through their hard work and dedication to serving their constituents, these representatives continue to fight for better policies that will benefit all of those living in Fort Indiantown Gap and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Fort Indiantown Gap, PA is strongly conservative.
Lebanon County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lebanon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lebanon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.3%.
Lebanon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Indiantown Gap, PA is strongly conservative.
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lebanon 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.
Fort Indiantown Gap, 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 Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 817 contributions totaling $118,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 678 contributions totaling $264,444 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)