Perkiomen, PA is a small town in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania located about 17 miles north of Philadelphia. As a part of the greater Philadelphia area, the town is home to a variety of political candidates from state, local and national levels. There are currently two main political parties active in the locality: Democrats and Republicans. Democratic candidates often focus on protecting civil liberties while Republicans emphasize fiscal responsibility and social conservatism. Perkiomen residents typically come together around issues that concern their daily lives such as taxation, crime prevention, education reform and job growth. They also tend to be concerned about environmental issues like recycling and clean energy initiatives. In addition to voting for representatives at state and national levels, Perkiomen residents also participate in local elections for mayor, borough council members and school board members. Participating in these local elections helps keep citizens informed about the political climate of their community and contribute to positive change in their town.
The political climate in Perkiomen, 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
Perkiomen, 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.
Perkiomen, 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 Perkiomen, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,309 contributions totaling $221,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 713 contributions totaling $164,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)