Lower Moreland, a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, is known for its strong sense of community and abundance of recreational areas. It is also home to a vibrant political landscape. Lower Moreland is heavily influenced by Montgomery County's political leanings, with Democrats winning the majority of county-level races. At the local level, citizens of Lower Moreland elect their own township commissioners who are responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations within the Township and working with the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners on matters that affect the Township. The current commissioners consist of both Democratic and Republican members who work together to provide services for residents. Additionally, Lower Moreland is part of the Pennsylvania State House District 147 which is represented by Democrat Steve McCarter in Harrisburg. Lower Moreland residents have access to numerous resources in order to stay informed and involved on local and county-level politics.
The political climate in Lower Moreland, 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
Lower Moreland, 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.
Lower Moreland, 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 Lower Moreland, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,878 contributions totaling $1,246,988 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 980 contributions totaling $561,213 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $573 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)