Spring Grove, Pennsylvania is a small rural town situated in the southeastern corner of York County. Home to just over 3,000 residents, Spring Grove is a close-knit community that takes pride in its rich history and culture. While Spring Grove does not have its own political candidates, the town remains connected to the larger state and federal politics through their elected representatives in Harrisburg and Washington D.C. Residents of Spring Grove can be found engaging with local politicians on various issues such as education, budgeting and infrastructure. The community is also active in advocacy efforts for topics that affect all Pennsylvanians such as healthcare reform and protecting the environment. Despite its size, Spring Grove continues to remain a politically engaged town where locals seek out information about their local representatives and take part in meaningful discussions about policy changes that could improve their lives.
The political climate in Spring Grove, 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
Spring Grove, 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.
Spring Grove, 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 Spring Grove, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $5,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $15,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)