Douglass Township, in Berks County, Pennsylvania is a small township with a population of 5,087 as of the 2017 census. The township is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors who are elected to staggered six-year terms. The current board consists of Chairperson Joseph Deliman and Supervisors Richard Schaeffer, John Kline, Jo Ann Haines and Kenneth Johnson. Douglass Township holds regular meetings on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m., which are open to the public and designed to provide citizens with an opportunity to offer input on various issues impacting their community. In addition, ballot initiatives may be put before voters during primary elections in May and general elections in November. Residents are encouraged to stay informed about local politics and cast their vote when necessary.
The political climate in Douglass township (Berks County), 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
Douglass township (Berks County), 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.
Douglass township (Berks County), 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 Douglass township (Berks County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,025 contributions totaling $127,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 693 contributions totaling $102,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)