Steelton, PA, is a small town in Dauphin County with a long history of political activism. The town has had a variety of elected officials and political organizations over the years, including members of the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties. Currently, the Steelton Borough Council consists of five members who are elected from wards in the municipality. The Council meets on the first Thursday of each month to discuss important legislative topics affecting the citizens of Steelton. There have been a number of initiatives implemented by the Council that have improved living conditions in Steelton such as increasing public green spaces and providing education programs for children. In addition, Steelton also takes part in national and state-level elections with various candidates running for office throughout each election cycle. While Steelton may be small in population size compared to other cities across Pennsylvania, its citizens are committed to making their voice heard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 17113 (Steelton, 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 17113 (Steelton, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Steelton, 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.
Steelton, 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 17113 (Steelton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $6,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $2,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)