Salunga, PA is a small town located near the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland. It is home to a thriving population of about 3,000 people that are highly involved in their local politics. Every year, residents come together to hold elections for local officials including mayor, city council members, and school board members. These elected officials help create policies that impact the everyday lives of Salunga's citizens. They collaborate with business owners and community leaders to ensure that the town remains safe and prosperous. The citizens of Salunga take their civic duties seriously, often taking part in debates on hot-button topics such as public safety and education reform. Though there may be disagreements at times, the shared goal of making an even better place to live unites the townspeople as they work together to create positive change.
The political climate in Salunga, PA is somewhat 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
Salunga, PA is somewhat 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.
Salunga, 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 Salunga, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,088 contributions totaling $132,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $125,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)