The small town of Gap, PA, located in Lancaster County, is a community deeply rooted in local politics and civic engagement. Residents of the town take pride in their political involvement and actively participate in the decision-making process that affects their lives. The residents of 17527 Gap, PA are passionate about their local issues and regularly organize to have their own voices heard through protests, petitions, and other forms of political action. They also actively engage with their representatives on the county and state levels to ensure they are represented in government decisions. Local elections draw considerable attention from the citizens of 17527 Gap as well, as they take part in selecting candidates to represent them at all levels of local government.
The political climate in Zip 17527 (Gap, 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 17527 (Gap, PA) is moderately conservative.
Gap, 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.
Gap, 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 17527 (Gap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $3,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $13,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)