Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania is a small town located in Lancaster County. It is home to about 11,000 people and is a vibrant community with many local organizations and businesses. The politics in Elizabethtown are overseen by the Elizabethtown City Council, which consists of a Mayor and five members who serve four-year terms. The Council meets at least once a month to discuss any issues within the city limits. They have the power to pass resolutions, ordinances, and set policy. They also appoint local government officials such as the Chief of Police and Fire Marshal. Additionally, they represent their constituents in budgeting decisions and legislative issues that affect the citizens of Elizabethtown. In recent years, they have focused on economic development initiatives for the downtown area as well as infrastructure improvements throughout the city.
The political climate in Elizabethtown, PA is leaning 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
Elizabethtown, PA is leaning 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.
Elizabethtown, 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 Elizabethtown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,082 contributions totaling $101,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 490 contributions totaling $505,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,032 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)