Lykens Borough, PA is a small town located in Dauphin County. Its politics typically reflect the statewide and national trends, leaning mostly towards the Republican party. With its long-standing traditions of conservative values, Lykens has seen a growing number of candidates from the GOP running for various offices in recent years. The local elections tend to draw a smaller voter turnout than state and national races, however they are still just as important for the future of Lykens Borough. Candidates from both major political parties have worked hard to secure support from their constituents by engaging in debates, forums, and other events to discuss their visions for the future. These local politicians have been actively fighting for issues such as education funding, public safety, taxes and economic development to make sure that Lykens Borough continues to thrive well into the future.
The political climate in Lykens, PA is leaning liberal.
Dauphin County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Dauphin County, PA 53.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dauphin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.4% to 44.9%.
Dauphin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lykens, PA is leaning liberal.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lykens, Pennsylvania: r r d d d d
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 Lykens, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $2,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $8,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)