The small town of 17048 Lykens, PA is located in Dauphin County and has a population of about 2,000 people. The local politics in Lykens are driven by a variety of factors including the current policies and practices of the community leaders as well as the overall political landscape of the area. The most recent election saw Republican candidate Joe Scarnati III elected to represent the Pennsylvania state Senate with nearly 70% of the votes cast in his favor. In addition to this, local elections are held every four years for mayor and city council members who work together to make decisions about taxation, infrastructure, public safety and other municipal matters. Members of both major political parties, Republicans and Democrats, regularly run for various offices in Lykens and each party strives to implement its own agenda while working towards what is best for all Lykens residents.
The political climate in Zip 17048 (Lykens, PA) is leaning 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 17048 (Lykens, PA) is leaning liberal.
Lykens, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Lykens, 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 17048 (Lykens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $2,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $2,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)