Myerstown, PA is a small borough located in Lebanon County. The politics here are informed by the local election of representatives to serve on town councils and other government boards that shape policy for the community. Every year, residents come out to vote for their preferred candidates who they feel will best represent their interests and needs. These representatives are responsible for advocating on behalf of the citizens of Myerstown, creating a budget, making decisions about public services, developing policies on how to address infrastructure problems, and ensuring the town remains attractive and safe for people to live in. All these activities are important aspects of running a successful local government, and Myerstown proudly takes pride in its representative democracy and shared governance model that ensures all voices are heard regardless of political affiliation or background.
The political climate in Myerstown, PA is moderately 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
Myerstown, PA is moderately 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.
Myerstown, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Myerstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $6,313 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $31,031 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)