Politics in the 17509 Christiana, PA area are largely centered on local and county issues. The community is served by State Senator Ryan Aument, who represents the 36th District of Pennsylvania, and Representative Mindy Fee, who serves the 37th District of the state legislature. Both representatives focus on issues that directly affect those living in and around Christiana. At the county level, Lancaster County residents are represented by Commissioners Ray D'Agostino, Josh Parsons, and Craig Lehman. These three commissioners oversee much of the budgeting for the county government and pass legislation that keeps residents informed about their rights within the county. As well as local representatives in Harrisburg and county officials in Lancaster, there are also a few school boards and several smaller municipal offices that serve Christiana residents.
The political climate in Zip 17509 (Christiana, 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 17509 (Christiana, PA) is moderately conservative.
Christiana, 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.
Christiana, 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 17509 (Christiana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $4,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $11,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)