Bowmansville, PA is a small town in Pennsylvania with a population of approximately 2,500 people. It is located in the heart of Lancaster County and has a tight-knit community. As such, politics are very important to the people who live there. Elections are always hotly contested affairs as locals take their right to vote seriously. The Bowmansville Town Council consists of five members who are elected by local citizens every four years. Current and past council members have been active in promoting local initiatives that help to keep the area vibrant and thriving. Issues such as infrastructure upgrades, public safety initiatives, and economic development efforts have all been tackled by this group over the years. The Town Council also works closely with local businesses to ensure that they remain competitive within the region. While Bowmansville does not elect any higher-level candidates or representatives due to its size, it nevertheless maintains a strong sense of political engagement on a local level that helps shape its future for generations to come.
The political climate in Bowmansville, PA is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Lancaster County, PA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.2%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowmansville, PA is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bowmansville, 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 Bowmansville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 695 contributions totaling $23,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $160,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)