East Pennsboro, Pennsylvania is a suburb of the state capital, Harrisburg. It is located in Cumberland County and has an estimated population of 8,000 people. The town is home to a variety of businesses and organizations and has been noted for its excellent school district. East Pennsboro also has a long history of civic engagement and local politics.
East Pennsboro's government consists of an elected mayor, a five-member township council, and other appointed boards and commissions. The mayor serves as the executive officer while the council acts as the legislative body. Together they create and implement policies that help maintain the town’s infrastructure, provide public safety, support economic development, and promote community activities. Local elections are held every four years for mayor and council seats, with candidates running on their own platforms to represent the interests of voters throughout East Pennsboro.
The political climate in East Pennsboro, PA is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Cumberland County, PA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Pennsboro, PA is leaning conservative.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
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.
East Pennsboro, 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 East Pennsboro, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,065 contributions totaling $604,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,012 contributions totaling $670,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)