Hanover Borough is a small community located in York County, Pennsylvania. It has a rich history of political involvement in both local and state government. The borough is represented in the House of Representatives by Republican Keith Gillespie and in the Senate by Republican Kristin Phillips-Hill. Both representatives work to bring progressive policies that benefit their constituents, including increased public safety initiatives, economic development opportunities, and improved quality of life standards for residents. In addition, Hanover Borough citizens are actively engaged in local politics through various civic organizations and civic engagement projects. This includes working together to improve infrastructure and addressing issues such as water quality, transportation needs, and educational opportunities. Local elected officials also closely collaborate with state agencies to ensure the best interests of their constituents are being served. All in all, Hanover Borough is an area committed to creating a better future for its residents through active participation in both local and state political processes.
The political climate in Hanover, PA is somewhat conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanover, PA is somewhat conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover Metro Area is strongly 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.
Hanover, 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 Hanover, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,077 contributions totaling $62,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 783 contributions totaling $80,278 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)