Doylestown Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is an attractive place to live with its close proximity to Philadelphia and the surrounding farmland. Politically, the borough is represented by a five-member council, a mayor, and a number of appointed boards and commissions. The current Mayor of Doylestown Borough is Ron Strouse who was elected in 2017 on a platform of economic development, sustainability, and fiscal responsibility. The council consists of five members representing both the Republican and Democratic parties who work together to maintain the quality of life for all residents. Local elections are held every four years with candidates campaigning to represent their respective party views. As such, Doylestown Borough remains a politically active community with residents actively engaged in politics at the local level.
The political climate in Doylestown, PA is leaning liberal.
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
Doylestown, PA is leaning liberal.
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.
Doylestown, 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 Doylestown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,686 contributions totaling $397,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 858 contributions totaling $914,346 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,066 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)