Brecknock Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is a rural community located about 20 miles east of the city of Lancaster. The township has a total area of just over 11 square miles, and it is home to approximately 4,000 people. Brecknock is governed by five supervisors or commissioners who are elected to four-year terms. The board meets monthly and oversees the township’s business affairs. Every two years, residents elect a new tax collector, auditor, judge of elections, and three auditors. Elections for these positions are held in November of odd numbered years. There are several local political organizations that shape the politics in Brecknock Township including the Brecknock Township Republican Committee, which is responsible for selecting candidates for office and helping them get elected; the Brecknock Democratic Committee; and various special interest groups such as environmental organizations. These groups work together to ensure that their views are represented at the local level and strive to make sure that their opinions are included in public discourse on important issues facing Brecknock Township.
The political climate in Brecknock township (Lancaster County), 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
Brecknock township (Lancaster County), 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.
Brecknock township (Lancaster County), 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 Brecknock township (Lancaster County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,828 contributions totaling $67,877 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,883 contributions totaling $698,713 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)