Bristol borough is a municipality in Bucks County, Pennsylvania that is steeped in history and rich in culture. The local government of Bristol Borough consists of a Mayor and Council, which are elected by the people on a four-year term cycle. They are responsible for ensuring the safety, welfare, and quality of life for all its residents. Additionally, there are other city employees such as the City Manager, Police Chief, Department Heads, and various other positions to help run the day-to-day operations within Bristol Borough. As far as politics go, Bristol Borough leans mostly Democratic with many residents organizing around social justice issues such as immigration reform and criminal reform. There have been many protests and demonstrations in recent years fighting for these causes in an effort to create meaningful change for the residents of Bristol Borough.
The political climate in Bristol, PA is leaning liberal.
Bucks County, PA is leaning liberal. In Bucks County, PA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bucks county remained Democratic, 51.5% to 47.2%.
Bucks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bristol, PA is leaning liberal.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Bristol, 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 Bristol, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 557 contributions totaling $45,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $66,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)