Swatara Township (Lebanon County), PA is a local suburban area located in Central Pennsylvania, just east of the City of Harrisburg. Politically, Swatara Township is an interesting mix of conservative Republican and moderate Democratic voters. The Township elects two Republicans and one Democrat to its three-member Board of Commissioners. The Board is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Township and setting policy for issues such as public safety, infrastructure, taxes, zoning, parks & recreation, and other town services. In recent local elections, there have been competitive races between the Republican and Democratic candidates vying for positions on the board. Furthermore, in State Senate races covering Swatara Township and neighboring communities in Lebanon County, both parties have had success in recent years. As a result, politics in Swatara Township are lively and often contentious affairs as both parties strive to gain advantage whenever possible.
The political climate in Swatara township (Lebanon County), PA is strongly conservative.
Lebanon County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lebanon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lebanon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.3%.
Lebanon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Swatara township (Lebanon County), PA is strongly conservative.
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lebanon 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.
Swatara township (Lebanon County), 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 Swatara township (Lebanon County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 375 contributions totaling $44,415 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $94,537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $522 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)