In 19046 Jenkintown, PA, the politics of the area is shaped by the local government and its representatives. The town is represented at the federal level by Congressman Bob Brady, Senator Robert Casey Jr., and Senator Pat Toomey. At the state level, Senator Art Haywood represents Jenkintown in Pennsylvania's General Assembly. Additionally, there are several local offices that shape the politics of 19046 Jenkintown, such as city council members and members of the school board. All these individuals work together to shape policy in the town that best serves its citizens. In addition to representing their constituents in Congress and other government offices, these representatives are also actively involved with various local organizations. From holding fundraisers for charities to lobbying for legislation regarding public safety or economic development initiatives, these politicians are constantly working to improve their community and represent their constituents’ interests.
The political climate in Zip 19046 (Jenkintown, PA) is moderately 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
Zip 19046 (Jenkintown, PA) is moderately liberal.
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania is moderately 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 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 19046 (Jenkintown)
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)