York, PA is a city located in the south central region of the state of Pennsylvania. It has an estimated population of 43,580 people as of 2019 and is the county seat for York County. As the county seat, it is home to many local political organizations and candidates running for office. Currently, there are several candidates running for mayor, City Council and School Board positions. These candidates are campaigning on issues such as job creation, public safety, infrastructure improvements and education reform. All of these candidates have made promises to make a positive change in York if elected. The citizens of York are looking forward to seeing who will be elected this election season as they have a chance to shape their city’s future.
The political climate in Zip 17404 (York, 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 17404 (York, PA) is moderately conservative.
York, 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.
York, 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 17404 (York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,138 contributions totaling $59,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $52,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)