Politics in 18942 Ottsville, PA are largely influenced by the local government. The town has a mayor and a council of nine members who are elected by the residents every four years. Additionally, there is an elected township supervisor and three elected township auditors. All of these positions have an important role in shaping the political landscape of Ottsville. They work together with local business owners and citizens to create policies that best serve the community's needs. These policies often include decisions related to infrastructure, public safety, taxes, zoning, economic development, and environmental protection. Furthermore, there are several organizations like the Ottsville Historical Society and Ottsville Community Garden that provide opportunities for citizens to get involved in local politics as well as shape policy directly related to their interests.
The political climate in Zip 18942 (Ottsville, PA) is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, PA is leaning liberal. In Bucks County, PA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bucks county remained Democratic, 51.5% to 47.2%.
Bucks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18942 (Ottsville, PA) is leaning conservative.
Ottsville, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Ottsville, 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 18942 (Ottsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $59,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $9,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)