Caernarvon Township is located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and is a vibrant community with a rich political history. It is governed by a three-member board of supervisors who are elected by the local citizens every four years. The current board of supervisors includes Chairman Harold Eshbach, Vice-Chairman Paul Miller, and Secretary/Treasurer Brad Gainer. Together they manage all township business including roads and public safety. The township also holds regular meetings to provide residents an opportunity to engage in issues affecting their community such as local zoning regulations, public works projects, and the budget. Additionally, Caernarvon Township participates in national elections for representatives from the county and state level. All citizens are encouraged to vote in these elections so that they can help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Caernarvon 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
Caernarvon 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.
Caernarvon 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 Caernarvon township (Lancaster County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $43,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 673 contributions totaling $113,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)