West Manchester, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. While it may be a small community, politics in West Manchester are just as important as in any larger city. The local government consists of a Mayor and a seven-member Board of Supervisors. These elected officials are responsible for setting policies and regulations that affect the entire town. In addition to these elected officials, there are many other organizations that help shape the political landscape in West Manchester such as political parties, special interest groups, and civic organizations. All of these entities work together to create an environment of public engagement and informed decision making that results in policies that best serve the needs of the community.
The political climate in West Manchester, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Manchester, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover 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.
West Manchester, 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 Manchester, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,831 contributions totaling $379,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,515 contributions totaling $403,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)