Dover, PA is an area in York County that is home to around 2,600 people. The local politics here are largely centered around the city council and mayor's office. Currently, the mayor of Dover is Wilbur Wolf III, who was elected in November 2019. The city council consists of seven members who represent various neighborhoods and districts. Additionally, there are two representatives for both the state Assembly and the Senate who serve Dover and its surrounding areas. In general, residents of 17315 Dover seek to maintain a peaceful atmosphere in their community while also advocating for important issues such as infrastructure improvements and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 17315 (Dover, 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
Zip 17315 (Dover, PA) is moderately conservative.
Dover, Pennsylvania 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.
Dover, 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 zip 17315 (Dover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $10,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $16,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)