Railroad, PA is a small town on the outskirts of Philadelphia with a population of about 5,000 people. It is home to a diverse array of citizens and has an active political scene. The town is represented by members of the Democrat and Republican parties in the Pennsylvania state legislature. Locally, the mayor is currently an independent who was elected last year and continues to work towards the betterment of Railroad residents. There are also several local councils and committees that focus on issues ranging from infrastructure development to maintaining public safety. Through their dedicated efforts, Railroad's politicians are working hard to make sure that the town's citizens have access to good quality services and amenities.
The political climate in Railroad, 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
Railroad, 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.
Railroad, 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 Railroad, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $8,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $4,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)