Menallen Township is a small community located in Adams County, Pennsylvania. It is home to a diverse population of residents who take an active part in local politics. The township is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors elected for four-year terms, with elections held in odd-numbered years. In addition to the supervisors, voters in Menallen Township also elect a Tax Collector and Auditor, both of whom serve four year terms. Local issues that are important to the residents include improvements to infrastructure, public safety, economic development, and support for public education. Public meetings are regularly scheduled at the Town Hall so that residents can voice their opinions on current issues and help shape Menallen's future.
The political climate in Menallen township (Adams County), PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, PA is very conservative. In Adams County, PA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.1%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Menallen township (Adams County), PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Gettysburg Metro Area 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.
Menallen township (Adams 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 Menallen township (Adams County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 488 contributions totaling $25,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $17,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)