Rheems, PA is a small suburban town located just outside of Lancaster. The town is represented by numerous elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. At the local level, Rheems is represented by an elected mayor and council members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the residents within their jurisdiction. The current mayor of Rheems is Michael McCloud and he was recently reelected to serve a second term. There are also various other local government positions such as a police chief, fire chief and public works director that are appointed by the mayor and council members. At the Pennsylvania state level, Rheems is represented by Senator Judy Schwank and Representative David Zimmerman in the State Senate and House respectively. Finally, at the federal level, Rheems is represented by Congressman Lloyd Smucker in Congress. All these representatives strive to ensure that Rheems has adequate resources to meet its needs while addressing any issues or concerns raised by its citizens.
The political climate in Rheems, 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
Rheems, 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.
Rheems, 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 Rheems, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,556 contributions totaling $126,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 800 contributions totaling $593,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $742 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)