Strasburg borough, located in Lancaster County, PA, is a diverse and thriving community. It is a great place to live, work and play with a variety of housing options, public services and recreational activities. The borough is currently governed by an elected mayor and council members who serve four-year terms. Community members have the opportunity to participate in local politics through voting in elections or attending council meetings. Residents can also take initiative by joining local political organizations or starting petitions for changes they wish to see in the town. With such active participation from both citizens and representatives alike, Strasburg borough has become a model for other towns looking to improve their political environment.
The political climate in Strasburg, 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
Strasburg, 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.
Strasburg, 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 Strasburg, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $15,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $22,394 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)