Douglassville, PA is a small town with a population of approximately 5200 people and is located in Berks County. The political landscape of Douglassville is diverse, as it has elected members from both major political parties to local office. With the most recent election, two Democrats were voted into mayor and council positions in the town and three Republicans were voted onto the school board. The residents of Douglassville take their politics seriously and have made sure that all voices are being heard in their community. There are several local candidates running for office this year, representing both major parties, and there are several forums for citizens to get more information about them before casting their vote. In general, the political atmosphere in Douglassville is one of collaboration between different sides and working together to find solutions that work best for all involved.
The political climate in Douglassville, PA is somewhat conservative.
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
Douglassville, PA is somewhat conservative.
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.
Douglassville, 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 Douglassville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 270 contributions totaling $21,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $30,845 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)