The politics of Cashtown, PA are largely reflective of the nation's current political climate. With two main parties in competition for votes, the Republican and Democratic parties dominate the political landscape. While many smaller parties and independent candidates also compete for votes, they have had limited success in capturing the majority of the town's population. In terms of local representation, Cashtown has elected members from both major parties to its city council, as well as several mayors who align with either party or take a more independent stance. Issues that are important to citizens in Cashtown include public works improvements, environmental protections, education funding and economic development. Local politicians strive to build consensus among their constituents when it comes to these issues.
The political climate in Cashtown, PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, PA is very conservative. In Adams County, PA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.1%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cashtown, PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Gettysburg Metro Area is very 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.
Cashtown, 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 Cashtown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 555 contributions totaling $20,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $9,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)