Politics in Stewartstown, PA have been a major part of the community for many years. This small borough is home to around 2,000 people and is located in southern York County. It is governed by an elected Borough Council who work to ensure the safety and well-being of citizens. Residents of the town take an active role in politics and often attend local events to express their opinions on current issues. The council meetings are open to the public where members of the community can hear first-hand what decisions are being made by their elected officials. One recent example was when a proposal was put forth to increase property taxes but was ultimately rejected by council members due to strong opposition from constituents. Overall, politics in this borough are important and taken seriously by both residents and those charged with governing them.
The political climate in Stewartstown, 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
Stewartstown, 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.
Stewartstown, 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 Stewartstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $4,188 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $17,595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)