Cheltenham, PA is a township in Montgomery County located just outside of Philadelphia. It is home to diverse neighborhoods and a vibrant economy. The politics of Cheltenham consists of a seven-member Board of Commissioners who serve at the local level and create laws and regulations that affect day-to-day life in the township. The Board is elected by the residents of Cheltenham for four-year terms, with elections being held in odd years. Through their authority over land use, taxation, public utilities and other matters, the Board strives to serve the community's best interests while providing necessary oversight and accountability on behalf of its citizens. Additionally, Cheltenham also participates in local national politics through representatives in Congress as well as representation in state government.
The political climate in Cheltenham, 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
Cheltenham, 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.
Cheltenham, 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 Cheltenham, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,709 contributions totaling $3,466,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,591 contributions totaling $561,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)