Lancaster Township is located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and comprises a large area. The population of the township is over 20,000 people and it is served by a three-member board of supervisors who are elected to serve four year terms. The townships's primary political party affiliations are Democratic and Republican. Many local issues and legislation affecting Lancaster Township are addressed at Lancaster County Council meetings where members of the community may speak out on issues that affect them. Additionally, residents may participate in an advisory committee to the supervisors to provide input on policy and legislative changes impacting Lancaster Township. Through these committees and elections, residents of the township have the power to influence the direction of their local government.
The political climate in Lancaster township, 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
Lancaster township, 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.
Lancaster township, 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 Lancaster township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,711 contributions totaling $595,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,416 contributions totaling $454,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)