Morgantown, PA is a small borough located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is home to a population of about 6,500 people. The local politics in Morgantown are centered around the Borough Council. The council consists of seven members that are elected by the residents every four years and serve to maintain the infrastructure, ensure public safety and manage community development. They work together to create an environment that is enjoyable and safe for all members of the community and work with other local government officials to ensure that all aspects of life in Morgantown are met with quality standards. The Mayor also works closely with the Borough Council as well as representatives from other municipalities in such areas as police services, emergency management, code enforcement, zoning, planning and development.
The political climate in Morgantown, 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
Morgantown, 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.
Morgantown, 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 Morgantown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $31,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $18,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)