Conewago Township, located in Dauphin County Pennsylvania is a small rural area with an estimated population of 5,948. The township is governed by the Board of Supervisors which consists of three elected members who serve staggered six year terms. Currently, these positions are filled by current Supervisor Chairperson Joe Yingling, Vice-Chairperson Tony Rock and Member Andrew Topper. The board works closely together to decide on legislation related to the township's budget, public safety issues and other matters concerning local residents. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, Conewago Township also elects representatives for Pennsylvania's state legislature and local county commissioners. Residents in Conewago Township can expect a balanced approach to politics that will continue to make their community safe and successful.
The political climate in Conewago township (Dauphin County), PA is leaning conservative.
Dauphin County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Dauphin County, PA 53.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dauphin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.4% to 44.9%.
Dauphin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Conewago township (Dauphin County), PA is leaning conservative.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area is leaning 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.
Conewago township (Dauphin County), Pennsylvania: r r d d d d
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 Conewago township (Dauphin County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,735 contributions totaling $542,853 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,708 contributions totaling $759,128 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)