Gap, Pennsylvania is a small town located in Lancaster County. It has a vibrant community and a strong sense of identity that many locals take pride in. Politics plays an important role in Gap, PA, as evidenced by the numerous town council meetings held throughout the year and the dedication of its citizens to advocating for their individual interests. The town of Gap has an elected mayor and seven town council members who are responsible for directing the affairs of the municipality. Each year a local election is held to determine who will serve in these positions. Elections allow residents to have a direct say on how their tax dollars are spent and which issues should be prioritized. While most candidates focus on issues that are important to their constituents such as infrastructure improvements or economic development initiatives, all strive to make Gap an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Gap, 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
Gap, 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.
Gap, 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 Gap, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $3,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $13,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)