The small town of 17034 Highspire, PA is located just outside the city of Harrisburg. The town is part of Dauphin County and has a long history of civic involvement in local politics and community engagement. It is noted for its active voters, with turnout typically higher than the statewide average for all elections. Local issues are often debated in public forums, such as town council meetings where residents can voice their opinion on policies that affect them directly. Since this town is so close to Harrisburg, many state-wide political issues also find their way into local debates. Residents have an opportunity to make their voices heard on both state and local topics from candidates running for office at all levels. Overall, the people of 17034 Highspire strive to keep their community involved by staying informed and engaged in these important political discussions that shape the future of Pennsylvania and our nation as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 17034 (Highspire, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Dauphin County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Dauphin County, PA 53.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dauphin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.4% to 44.9%.
Dauphin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17034 (Highspire, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Highspire, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area is leaning 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.
Highspire, Pennsylvania: r r d d d d
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 17034 (Highspire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $795 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)