17301 Abbottstown, PA has a long history of local politics. The town has been part of the larger Adams County, which is largely represented by Republicans in both state and federal houses. Currently, the county is led by Republicans Joe Preston and Doug Howard, who represent the 33rd and 91st State House districts respectively. Abbottstown itself is part of the 33rd district, with Preston as representative. There are several local candidates for other offices, such as county commissioner or mayor, but none have been announced yet. Citizens of 17301 Abbottstown are encouraged to stay informed about their local political candidates and participate in their local government when possible.
The political climate in Zip 17301 (Abbottstown, 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 17301 (Abbottstown, PA) is strongly conservative.
Abbottstown, 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.
Abbottstown, 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 17301 (Abbottstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $6,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)