The 17606 Lancaster, PA area is rich in political history. There are a number of local political organizations and candidates that seek to represent the people of the region. The City of Lancaster holds a number of elections each year for the purpose of determining their mayor and city council representatives. Additionally, there are many state and federal races that take place in the district, including Congressional representatives, state senators and representatives, and more. In addition to these elections, there are also a variety of ballot initiatives that residents can vote on which serve to affect the outcomes of policies at the local level. Residents in this area have long been passionate about their local politics and have been actively engaging with their elected officials since the early days of its foundation.
The political climate in Zip 17606 (Lancaster, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Lancaster County, PA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.2%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17606 (Lancaster, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lancaster, 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 17606 (Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $10,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 277 contributions totaling $31,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)