Kutztown, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in Berks County. Its population of 5,012 makes it one of the smaller towns in the county. In terms of politics, Kutztown has been represented by the Democratic Party for many decades. The current mayor is Democrat James J. Schlegel who has held office since 2017 and was re-elected in 2020. Additionally, local elections are held every two years to elect three council members, all of whom are currently Democrats. Overall, Kutztown remains a largely Democratic town with progressive values that have been reflected in its political leadership over the years.
The political climate in Kutztown, PA is leaning liberal.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kutztown, PA is leaning liberal.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning 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.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania: r r d 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 Kutztown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,517 contributions totaling $57,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $44,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)