The politics in West Hanover, PA are diverse and involve a variety of different people. The local political candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and represent many different ideologies and positions. In the upcoming election, these candidates will be vying for the support of the residents of West Hanover to make their case for why they should be elected to office. All local political candidates must adhere to the state regulations regarding campaign contributions and ethics. Additionally, all candidates strive to reach out to as many potential voters as possible so they can get their message heard by as many people as possible.
The political climate in West Hanover, PA is leaning conservative.
Dauphin County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Dauphin County, PA 53.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dauphin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.4% to 44.9%.
Dauphin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Hanover, PA is leaning conservative.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area is leaning 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 Hanover, Pennsylvania: r r d d d d
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 Hanover, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,299 contributions totaling $845,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,213 contributions totaling $545,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)