Bethel township (Delaware County), PA is located right outside of Philadelphia and is known for its close knit community. The township is governed by five supervisors who are elected at large and serve four-year terms with a maximum of two terms. The supervisors are responsible for overseeing the township’s operations, making sure ordinances are followed, and dealing with zoning issues. In addition to the supervisors, there are also vocational school board members appointed by the county commissioners. These board members are responsible for taking care of day-to-day operations and providing educational opportunities to residents. There is also an active political climate in Bethel Township, with numerous candidates running for office each year, ranging from local to state levels. Residents of Bethel Township take great pride in their community and have a vested interest in making sure it remains a safe and desirable place to live.
The political climate in Bethel township (Delaware County), PA is leaning 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
Bethel township (Delaware County), PA is leaning 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.
Bethel township (Delaware County), 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 Bethel township (Delaware County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,630 contributions totaling $560,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,042 contributions totaling $326,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)