Lower Allen, PA is a small suburban town located in Cumberland County. Politically, it is represented by the three commissioners of the Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners. Each commissioner serves a four-year term and has their own areas of focus within the township. Local issues that are addressed by the board include land use regulations, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and community programs. The Board of Commissioners work closely with many other elected officials including the county commissioners, state representatives, and U.S. congressmen in order to ensure that local residents' needs are met effectively and efficiently. The Board also puts significant effort into public engagement through town hall meetings, newsletters, and online surveys to ensure that everyone's opinion is heard when making decisions on important matters.
The political climate in Lower Allen, PA is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Cumberland County, PA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lower Allen, PA is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Harrisburg-Carlisle 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.
Lower Allen, 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 Lower Allen, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,792 contributions totaling $559,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,339 contributions totaling $545,936 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $408 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)