New Freedom, PA is a small town with a population of about 4,000 located in Southern Pennsylvania. The local government is governed by a mayor and council system. Each year, the citizens of New Freedom have the opportunity to select their representatives for the local office of mayor and council members. All elections are held in accordance with state law and local ordinances. The mayor is responsible for setting budgets, passing laws, and creating policies that will benefit the citizens of New Freedom. He or she also works with other local municipalities and politicians on various projects such as economic development initiatives and infrastructure improvements. The council members are elected to represent the citizens of New Freedom and to ensure that their voices are heard on matters that affect them directly. They work together to pass new legislation, set budgets, review contracts, hire staff members, and create policy initiatives that will improve the quality of life in New Freedom. Every four years the residents of New Freedom come together to elect their representatives for mayor and council seats who will serve them honorably throughout their term in office.
The political climate in New Freedom, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Freedom, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover 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.
New Freedom, 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 New Freedom, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $8,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $4,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)