17340 Littlestown, PA is a small town in Pennsylvania with a population of just over 4,000. It has a lively political scene supported by the local government and its residents. Being part of Adams County, the major political parties in 17340 Littlestown are Democrats and Republicans. This year, there are two candidates running for mayor – Democrat Mike Kelly and Republican Rich Baumgardner. Both candidates have a good track record of public service and are both dedicated to serving the people of Littlestown in their own unique way. There is an active debate among the locals about which candidate should be elected to lead the town into the future. The final decision will be made by voters during the upcoming elections in November 2020.
The political climate in Zip 17340 (Littlestown, PA) is strongly conservative.
Adams County, PA is very conservative. In Adams County, PA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.1%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17340 (Littlestown, PA) is strongly conservative.
Littlestown, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Adams County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Gettysburg Metro Area is very 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.
Littlestown, 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 17340 (Littlestown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $3,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $9,634 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)