Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania is a small borough in Montgomery County. This area has a long history of democratic leadership and engagement at the local level. The mayor's office is held by Democrat John Duffy, who was elected to his first term in 2018. Local politics are largely focused on issues such as education, public safety, and infrastructure development. There are also several city councilors and school board members who are committed to ensuring that Plymouth Meeting remains a great place for residents to live and work. The local political landscape is constantly evolving as new candidates come forward to tackle the challenges that their community faces. Furthermore, the citizens of Plymouth Meeting are fortunate to have access to an abundance of resources from nearby Philadelphia which gives them further opportunities for civic involvement.
The political climate in Plymouth Meeting, PA is somewhat liberal.
Montgomery County, PA is strongly liberal. In Montgomery County, PA 62.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.4% to 36.2%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plymouth Meeting, PA is somewhat liberal.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is strongly liberal.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania: d D D D D D
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 Plymouth Meeting, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,844 contributions totaling $1,810,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $636 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 776 contributions totaling $622,571 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $802 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)