Lower Salford, PA is a small town located just outside Philadelphia. The politics of the town are active and vibrant, with citizens actively engaging in the local issues impacting their community. Citizens can participate by voting in elections, attending public meetings to voice their concerns on local issues, or running for office themselves. Local elections feature candidates from both major political parties who are looking to represent the people of Lower Salford. Candidates engage in debates and forums to discuss their views and policies, as well as promote their candidacy throughout the community. No matter who wins an election, all candidates work with one another to ensure that the best interests of the people of Lower Salford are taken into consideration.
The political climate in Lower Salford, PA is leaning 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 Salford, PA is leaning 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 Salford, 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 Salford, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,615 contributions totaling $239,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,052 contributions totaling $264,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)