Lancaster County, PA Voting


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Lancaster, PA County is located in the south-central region of Pennsylvania and is home to a vibrant political community. The county has a strong track record of electing both Republican and Democratic candidates to various local offices. Municipal races are often hotly contested, with passionate debates about issues such as education, economic development and public safety. Local Democrats have been especially successful in recent years, winning multiple major elections since 2012. Meanwhile, Republicans have continued to play an important role in local government by winning several city council seats in 2017. Additionally, Lancaster County residents are passionate about their political views, often participating in rallies, marches and demonstrations to make their voices heard on important issues.

The political climate in 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

Lancaster County, PA 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.

Lancaster, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Lancaster County, PA

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,496 contributions totaling $1,682,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 8,128 contributions totaling $2,920,922 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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