Politics in Lampeter, PA are largely focused around the local county government. The local government is responsible for a variety of services, such as road maintenance, public safety and health services. In addition, the county also provides various services to local businesses in order to support economic growth and development. Every two years, Lampeter's residents have the opportunity to engage in the political process by electing their county officials. This includes selecting a County Commissioner and District Attorney who are both responsible for overseeing the operation of county government. The elections also determine who will serve on committees and boards at the county level that make decisions about numerous aspects of life in Lampeter. Local residents can play an important role in these elections by becoming informed about the candidates running for office and getting involved with their campaigns.
The political climate in Lampeter, PA is moderately 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
Lampeter, PA is moderately 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.
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 Lampeter, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,391 contributions totaling $166,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 546 contributions totaling $110,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)