Hopewell Township in York County, Pennsylvania, is a community of 8,979 residents that prides itself on its small-town charm. It is a township governed by supervisors and representatives on both the municipal and county levels. The government focuses on providing services to the residents and ensuring the continued growth of the area’s economy. Services include public safety, infrastructure maintenance, parks and recreation, zoning and planning services, water resources management, environmental protection measures, and educational programs. On the municipal level, citizens vote for five Supervisors who are responsible for overseeing all township operations and creating ordinances that affect the local area. Furthermore, County Representatives are voted into office to represent Hopewell Township within larger governmental efforts throughout York County. Voting rights are important to residents of Hopewell Township in order to ensure their voices are heard in local politics.
The political climate in Hopewell township (York County), PA is moderately 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
Hopewell township (York County), PA is moderately 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.
Hopewell township (York 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 Hopewell township (York County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $14,453 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 185 contributions totaling $23,672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)