The politics in 17368 Wrightsville, PA are shaped by the local community and its representatives. The town is home to two political parties, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, both of which have their own platforms and goals for the town. At the local level, representatives from both parties seek to promote their causes while advocating for the needs of their constituents. Elections are held every two years to determine who will represent the people in government, allowing them to cast a ballot on important issues such as taxation, healthcare, education, and other topics that impact Wrightsville residents. Residents have an active voice in their town's politics by participating in town meetings or voting in elections. Through these tools, citizens can make sure that their opinions are heard and represented when it comes to making decisions about how best to serve their community.
The political climate in Zip 17368 (Wrightsville, PA) is moderately conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17368 (Wrightsville, PA) is moderately conservative.
Wrightsville, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover Metro Area is strongly 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.
Wrightsville, 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 17368 (Wrightsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $13,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $13,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)