Jenkintown, PA is a small town with a great sense of community. It has a long political history and many active citizens who are engaged in the political process. Residents of Jenkintown have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending meetings and rallies, voting in elections, and even running for office. Local elections make up much of the politics in Jenkintown; candidates from both major parties compete at the municipal level for positions such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and other local offices. The issues discussed at these forums are important to residents of Jenkintown and include topics like public safety, education funding, taxes, land use regulations, economic development projects, and more. With numerous local events hosted throughout the year that provide a platform for discussing issues impacting all citizens of Jenkintown, getting involved in local politics is easy for anyone who cares about their community.
The political climate in Jenkintown, 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
Jenkintown, 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.
Jenkintown, 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 Jenkintown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,534 contributions totaling $670,586 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $269,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $612 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)