17201 Chambersburg, PA is located in Franklin County and is home to many people. The city has a strong presence in state politics and is represented by Senator Doug Mastriano and Representative Paul Schemel at the state level. At the local level, the community is served by Mayor Joe King who was elected to his third term in 2019. Local government includes Chambersburg Borough Council which consists of seven members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community's best interests. In addition to the mayor and council, there are other city offices that work to provide services to citizens such as police, fire, public works, zoning officials, and more. Overall, Chambersburg is an active participant in politics with its representatives working hard to bring positive changes to their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 17201 (Chambersburg, PA) is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, PA is very conservative. In Franklin County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17201 (Chambersburg, PA) is strongly conservative.
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Chambersburg-Waynesboro 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.
Chambersburg, 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 17201 (Chambersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 560 contributions totaling $43,048 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $46,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)