Manchester Township, located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, is a rural community that has an active political scene. The township is home to many local political candidates who are running for various positions. During election season the town holds debates and town hall meetings where residents can hear from the candidates on their views and platforms. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development and environmental sustainability often take center stage at these meetings. With the passing of each election cycle comes the opportunity for fresh faces to be elected into office and new perspectives to be heard in Manchester Township. Residents take pride in being involved in local politics and strive to make sure their voices are heard in all aspects of government.
The political climate in Manchester township (Wayne County), PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, PA is very conservative. In Wayne County, PA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manchester township (Wayne County), PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Manchester township (Wayne 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 Manchester township (Wayne County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 202 contributions totaling $6,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $10,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)