Colerain Township, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is an area that is deeply embedded in the political process. As home to many citizens who are active and engaged in the local politics, Colerain Townships sees consistent election cycles that are full of passionate candidates vying for office. The township is represented by a Representative, Senator and Legislator at the State level, and has several offices representing it on the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners. In addition to these elected officials, Colerain Township also has a Mayor and a number of Town Council Members that work together to make decisions about their community. Regardless of who is elected into office, one thing remains the same: the citizens of Colerain Township are actively involved in their local government.
The political climate in Colerain 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
Colerain 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.
Colerain 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 Colerain township (Lancaster County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $36,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 232 contributions totaling $62,035 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)