West Earl, PA is a small town with a population of approximately 2,000 people located in the east of Pennsylvania. With such a small population, the citizens of West Earl make up a tight-knit community that values their local politics. The town has an elected Mayor and Town Council that are responsible for setting the budget, legislating laws, and representing the interests of their constituents. The current Mayor is Ed Smith and he is supported by eight members on the Town Council. These individuals work hard to ensure that the needs and wants of West Earl residents are addressed through thoughtful discussion and action. They strive to ensure that everyone in town feels heard and respected when it comes to decisions that will affect them directly. Through these efforts, West Earl remains a strong and vibrant community that is proud of its political representation.
The political climate in West Earl, 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
West Earl, 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.
West Earl, 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 West Earl, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,436 contributions totaling $109,230 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,200 contributions totaling $364,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)