York, Pennsylvania is a city located in York County. It has a history of being politically involved and diverse in its representation. The local government consists of a mayor and seven council members, all who are elected by the public for four year terms. There have been numerous initiatives over the years to increase civic engagement and political involvement among residents, which has resulted in a thriving local political climate. Some of the most recent topics discussed at the city council meetings include increasing public safety measures and providing better youth services. Within 17406 York, PA there are multiple political parties represented ranging from Democrat to Republican. Various candidates run for office in each election cycle, ensuring that everyone's voices can be heard and all opinions can be taken into consideration when making important decisions.
The political climate in Zip 17406 (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 17406 (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 17406 (York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 617 contributions totaling $39,709 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 305 contributions totaling $50,788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)