Rothsville, PA is a small town located in central Pennsylvania and is home to a tight-knit community of around 5,000 people. As with any place, local politics are an important part of the citizens’ lives. Each year, the locals come together to elect their representatives for the Rothsville Town Council. The council has five members who are voted in by the residents and they work together to ensure that all areas of the town are running smoothly and efficiently. Local decisions such as zoning regulations, public infrastructure projects, budgeting and funding issues, among other matters are all discussed and voted on by these elected representatives. In order to stay informed on each matter there are several weekly meetings at which residents are invited to give their opinion on any issue currently before the council. These open forums ensure that all voices can be heard when making decisions that affect life in Rothsville. Ultimately, it is up to the citizens of Rothsville to determine who represents them best and make sure their interests are looked after through their local political process.
The political climate in Rothsville, 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
Rothsville, 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.
Rothsville, 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 Rothsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,133 contributions totaling $158,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 940 contributions totaling $427,504 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $455 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)