In 1950, Adamstown, Pennsylvania was a small community with a population of just over 1,500 people. It was a quiet town with a rural atmosphere and limited local politics. Most of the government decisions were made at the county or state level. The majority of Adamstown residents were from working-class backgrounds, with some small businesses and farms dotting the landscape. Local elections in this era were limited to basic municipal issues such as setting property tax rates or selecting school board members. Though there may have been local political candidates running for office in 1950 Adamstown, their names have been lost to history. Despite having little to no representation in government, Adamstown's citizens still managed to maintain a sense of pride and unity throughout their community during this time.
The political climate in Zip 19501 (Adamstown, PA) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 19501 (Adamstown, PA) is moderately conservative.
Adamstown, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 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.
Adamstown, 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 19501 (Adamstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)