In the small town of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania (17088), politics are a part of daily life. Residents are passionate about their local representatives and often take an active role in advocating for the issues that matter most to them. Many of the conversations in this close-knit community center around who should represent them at all levels of government. Some locals even get involved in campaigns during election season, volunteering their time and energy to help support their preferred candidates. The diversity among political views is celebrated here, allowing for a wide range of perspectives and opinions to be heard and respected. With each election cycle, citizens come together as a community to cast their votes and make sure that the voices of Schaefferstown are represented on every ballot.
The political climate in Zip 17088 (Schaefferstown, PA) is strongly conservative.
Lebanon County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lebanon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lebanon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.3%.
Lebanon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17088 (Schaefferstown, PA) is strongly conservative.
Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lebanon 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.
Schaefferstown, 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 17088 (Schaefferstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)