Reamstown, PA is a small town located in Lancaster County. Politically, the town leans strongly towards conservative values and has traditionally been a Republican stronghold. In recent years, however, more progressive candidates have been elected to the local government. The current mayor of Reamstown is a Democrat who was elected on a platform of improving infrastructure and increasing access to public services for all residents. Other members of the current local government include several Republicans who focus on fiscal responsibility and keeping taxes low for businesses and individuals. With both parties represented in the local government, Reamstown strives to provide quality services while balancing its budget responsibly.
The political climate in Reamstown, PA is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Lancaster County, PA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.2%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Reamstown, PA is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Reamstown, 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 Reamstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 692 contributions totaling $25,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 574 contributions totaling $212,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)