New Salem borough, PA is an area with a long-standing tradition of having active and engaged political participation. With a medium-sized population of just over 5,000 people, there are several local and regional representatives that serve the residents of New Salem. Every year, candidates from both major political parties as well as smaller, third-party candidates run for office to represent the people of the borough. Residents have an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate in various elections including local municipal races, county races and even state and federal offices. The residents of this community take their civic responsibility seriously and strive to make sure their elected officials are serving the best interests of their constituents.
The political climate in New Salem, PA is moderately 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
New Salem, PA is moderately 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.
New Salem, 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 New Salem, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $50,407 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $43,459 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)