Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania is a small rural town located in Berks County with an estimated population of just over 1,000 people. The political atmosphere in Lenhartsville is much like larger towns and cities in the state; it is largely Democratic with some Republicans here and there. Local elections take place every two years during which candidates are put forth to represent the borough on the county and state level. The local political candidates come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all share the common goal of doing what's best for their community and its citizens. During local elections, residents have an opportunity to meet each candidate and decide who will best serve their interests at the local level.
The political climate in Lenhartsville, PA is somewhat conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lenhartsville, PA is somewhat conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania: r r d 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 Lenhartsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)