Derry Township is located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and is home to a growing population of over 25,000 residents. The Township is governed by a seven-member Board of Supervisors which are elected by the citizens of Derry Township every four years. The first annual municipal election was held in May 2017. Each Supervisor holds the office for a four-year term. Currently, Thomas Wertz, Michael Gossard, Meghan Gilliland, Richard Graybill, Matthew Emig, Kenneth Rosenberger and Evan Lightcap serve on the Board as Supervisors. In addition to local governing bodies, Derry Township is also represented on the County’s Board of Commissioners and state legislature by Republican representatives David Hickernell and Greg Rothman. These county and state representatives are dedicated to promoting economic growth within the community through fiscal responsibility and workforce development initiatives.
The political climate in Derry township (Dauphin County), PA is leaning liberal.
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
Derry township (Dauphin County), PA is leaning liberal.
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.
Derry 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 Derry township (Dauphin County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,775 contributions totaling $1,246,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,701 contributions totaling $742,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)