Politics in 17268 Waynesboro, PA are centered around local elections as well as state and federal elections. Local elections often involve decisions about budgeting, infrastructure, and a variety of local services. Currently, the mayor of Waynesboro is Richard Starliper and four City Council Members serve on the council. In addition to these local representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives for Waynesboro includes John Joyce (R-PA) and U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) serves as one of the two Pennsylvania senators in Washington D.C.. On the state level, Waynesboro is represented by Senator John Eichelberger (R-PA 30th district) and Representative Jesse Topper (R-PA 199th district). Issues that are important to residents range from economic growth to public safety to education reform and more.
The political climate in Zip 17268 (Waynesboro, PA) is strongly 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 17268 (Waynesboro, PA) is strongly conservative.
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania is strongly 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.
Waynesboro, 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 17268 (Waynesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 520 contributions totaling $11,838 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $49,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)