Lower Pottsgrove, PA is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. Local politics focuses on issues that directly impact the lives of the residents, including education funding, public safety initiatives, transportation infrastructure, and economic development. The Township Board of Commissioners is composed of seven members elected by the residents who serve staggered four year terms. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, Lower Pottsgrove also elects a Mayor as well as other representatives charged with local responsibilities. Residents have many opportunities to get involved in various civic actions ranging from attending Town Hall meetings to volunteering on campaigns for candidates running for office. Through these activities members of the community can ensure that their voices are heard and their needs addressed.
The political climate in Lower Pottsgrove, 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
Lower Pottsgrove, 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.
Lower Pottsgrove, 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 Lower Pottsgrove, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,535 contributions totaling $144,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 639 contributions totaling $119,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)