In 17519 East Earl, PA, politics are an important part of the local community. The residents take their voting seriously, and it is not uncommon to see political yard signs for local and national candidates during election season. While the names of local political candidates are often kept confidential until the official campaign starts, there are several popular issues that regularly come up during debates. Education is often a hot-button topic of discussion as the schools in the area have limited resources and require additional funding for improvement. Additionally, taxes commonly become a major point of contention as people in the area strive to pay fair taxes without overburdening individuals or businesses. Finally, job growth has been a major focus in recent years as current residents look for opportunities to stay in their hometown while new residents hope to move into the area for employment opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 17519 (East Earl, PA) is moderately 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 17519 (East Earl, PA) is moderately conservative.
East Earl, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
East Earl, 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 17519 (East Earl)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $33,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)