Mount Gretna, PA is a small community in Lebanon County with a population of approximately 1,000 people. Its politics are dominated by the Republican party and local elections usually draw several candidates from both parties. The most recent local election in 2019 saw three seats up for grabs on the Borough Council where four Republicans and two Democrats ran for office. The Republicans won all three seats, reinforcing their stronghold on local politics. Despite this, Mount Gretna has an active civic life and many residents get involved in political debates to advocate for their community's issues. Local politicians are known to listen to the voices of their constituents and work hard to ensure that the unique character of Mount Gretna is preserved.
The political climate in Mount Gretna, PA is moderately 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
Mount Gretna, PA is moderately 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.
Mount Gretna, 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 Mount Gretna, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $9,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $3,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)