Freedom Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania is a small rural community with approximately 3,000 residents. The township does not have any major metropolitan centers nearby, and as such the local politics focus mainly on issues of importance to the community and its residents. There is a small board of supervisors that meets regularly to discuss matters such as zoning, land use, planning, budgets, and other administrative matters. Local elections are held every four years and candidates typically focus on issues related to public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives and fiscal responsibility. Residents in Freedom Township also have access to state and federal representatives whose offices they may contact for assistance or to voice their opinion on specific issues. Overall, the politics of Freedom Township are largely focused on improving quality of life for its citizens while striving to protect the environment and promote economic growth for all who live there.
The political climate in Freedom township (Adams County), PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, PA is very conservative. In Adams County, PA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.1%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freedom township (Adams County), PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Gettysburg Metro Area is very 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.
Freedom township (Adams 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 Freedom township (Adams County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,014 contributions totaling $158,452 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 624 contributions totaling $74,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)