Manheim Township (York Cnty), PA is a thriving community in the York County area. It is known for its strong public school system and vibrant local businesses. Politics in Manheim Township are determined by the local government, which consists of three supervisors elected to four-year terms. The current supervisors are Chris Menges, Doug Motter, and Craig Smith. They are responsible for overseeing all municipal functions, including police protection, public works services, parks and recreation programming, and other community services. Additionally, Manheim Township is part of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ 95th district and the state Senate’s 28th district for federal representation. This means that local residents have direct access to their representatives in Congress on issues that are important to them. Local political candidates can be found campaigning at forums around the township as well as through social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.
The political climate in Manheim township (York County), PA is strongly 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
Manheim township (York County), PA is strongly 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.
Manheim 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 Manheim township (York County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,417 contributions totaling $80,597 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,019 contributions totaling $113,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)