Elizabethtown, PA (17022) is a small town located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It has an active political scene with a variety of local political figures that are involved in the community. The Mayor of Elizabethtown is Don Hughes and he is supported by numerous other city council members who work together to ensure the success of their community. There are also multiple organizations in Elizabethtown that are dedicated to promoting public policies which benefit the residents of Elizabethtown as well as providing resources and opportunities for civic engagement. In addition to the local government, there are several state and national representatives that serve the people of 17022 Elizabethtown, such as Congressman Lloyd Smucker and State Representative David Hickernell. Together, these individuals strive to make sure that the needs of the citizens in Elizabethtown are met through effective policy making decisions.
The political climate in Zip 17022 (Elizabethtown, PA) is somewhat 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 17022 (Elizabethtown, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania is somewhat 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.
Elizabethtown, 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 17022 (Elizabethtown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,082 contributions totaling $101,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 490 contributions totaling $505,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,032 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)