York Township, PA is a small community located in York County. Although it is generally a quiet place, politics still plays an important role in the township's day-to-day life. Local elections are held on the first Tuesday of each November and typically determine how the government of York Township will run for the next four years. The elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of all township residents. This can include deciding on zoning laws, creating ordinances and regulations to maintain public safety, and managing budgets for things such as road maintenance, emergency services, and other public services. Candidates for these local elections vary from year to year but always strive to find ways to improve their community through wise decision making and thoughtful policy changes.
The political climate in York township, 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
York township, 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.
York township, 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 York township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,901 contributions totaling $1,489,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,840 contributions totaling $1,105,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)