17225 Greencastle, PA is a small suburban town just outside of Chambersburg. Politically speaking, the town has a strong Democratic presence with most residents supporting progressive policies and progressive leaders. The most pressing political issues facing the town are education funding and infrastructure upgrades. Local politicians have worked hard to create a climate of collaboration between government officials, business owners, and citizens to ensure that everyone in 17225 Greencastle, PA can benefit from thoughtful decisions concerning the future of the town.
The political climate in Zip 17225 (Greencastle, PA) is very 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 17225 (Greencastle, PA) is very conservative.
Greencastle, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Greencastle, 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 17225 (Greencastle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 482 contributions totaling $24,082 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $26,238 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)