Upper Leacock, PA is a small town nestled in the heart of Lancaster County. Located just 15 miles outside of Lancaster City, Upper Leacock is largely untouched by big city politics. The local government is led by a popular mayor and four council members who are elected every four years. All decisions made within the town are for the betterment of its citizens and for upholding the core values that make Upper Leacock such a special place to live. Despite its small size, the town takes pride in being engaged in local politics and encourages its citizens to support their council members and mayor to ensure that Upper Leacock remains an excellent place to call home.
The political climate in Upper Leacock, 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
Upper Leacock, 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.
Upper Leacock, 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 Upper Leacock, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,256 contributions totaling $1,032,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,383 contributions totaling $1,041,718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)