Nether Providence, Pennsylvania is a small town located just outside of Philadelphia in Delaware County. It is a part of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District and has a population of approximately 12,500 people. The local government is led by the Township Council with five members elected at-large to serve four-year terms. The Mayor serves as the Chairperson for the Township Council and is elected by the residents of Nether Providence. This council sets policies and ordinances that guide municipal operations and services within Nether Providence. Among these are land use regulations, park maintenance, and other initiatives designed to improve the quality of life for residents in this community. Additionally, local political candidates are regularly elected to serve on boards and commissions such as the Parks & Recreation Board or Planning Commission in order to further represent local interests on important issues.
The political climate in Nether Providence, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware County, PA is strongly liberal. In Delaware County, PA 62.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.8% to 36.0%.
Delaware county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nether Providence, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware 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.
Nether Providence, 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 Nether Providence, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,709 contributions totaling $1,226,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,260 contributions totaling $434,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)