Earl Township (Lancaster County), Pennsylvania is an area with a long-standing political and civic history. The local community takes pride in participating in the democratic process and encourages residents to get involved. The township has a variety of local elected officials including two commissioners, four supervisors, one tax collector, one treasurer, and a constable. All of these officials are elected by the citizens of Earl Township to serve their best interests. As part of their duties, the officials hold regular public meetings to ensure that the needs of the community are met and taken into consideration when making decisions. The township also has organizations such as the Earl Township Citizens Advisory Committee and other citizen-led organization which work to provide information and insights on issues affecting the community. Through these efforts, citizens can make sure their voices are heard and that their concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Earl 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
Earl 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.
Earl 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 Earl township (Lancaster County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 639 contributions totaling $25,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,228 contributions totaling $237,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)