Kennett Square, PA is a small town located in Chester County. The local political atmosphere is characterized by a strong commitment to community involvement and civic engagement. Each election cycle, dedicated local residents put forth their candidacies for office and take part in a lively debate about the issues facing the town. Local organizations such as the Kennett Area Democrats and Kennett Area Republicans give citizens an opportunity to engage with both sides of the political aisle and ensure that all voices are heard. Additionally, there are many ways for non-candidates to get involved in politics through volunteering with campaigns, phone banking, canvassing neighborhoods, attending local meetings and more. With all this activity, it’s no wonder why Kennett Square continues to have one of the highest voter turnouts in the county!
The political climate in Kennett Square, PA is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, PA is moderately liberal. In Chester County, PA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Chester county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kennett Square, PA is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania: r r d r 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 Kennett Square, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,011 contributions totaling $492,094 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 612 contributions totaling $239,679 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)