The small town of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, located in York County has a population of around 900 people. The town is represented by the local political candidates of the precincts in York County. There is one Democrat and one Republican state representative for Dillsburg and two county commissioners: one Democratic and one Republican. The town council consists of seven members who are elected to three-year terms. The mayor is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is John Hufnagel who was re-elected in 2019 for his third term as mayor. The current city council members include four Democrats and three Republicans who are focused on supporting local businesses, ensuring safety, protecting residents’ rights, and maintaining services. In addition to local politics there are also county politics that have an impact on the citizens of Dillsburg. These include the election of a county judge and jury members to serve on various civil, criminal, family court cases, as well as school board elections which have an effect on the quality of education available to local students. All candidates work hard to ensure that their constituents receive fair representation while striving to create a better future for Dillsburg and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 17019 (Dillsburg, PA) is moderately conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17019 (Dillsburg, PA) is moderately conservative.
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover Metro Area is strongly 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.
Dillsburg, 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 17019 (Dillsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 649 contributions totaling $61,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $45,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)