The political landscape in Trappe, PA is an interesting one. The town is part of Montgomery County, which is a heavily Democratic county. This means that most of the local elections are dominated by Democratic candidates. Despite this, there are still some Republican voices present in the community and many residents choose to exercise their right to vote regardless of party affiliation. In addition to the typical issues that local politicians tackle, Trappe has a unique set of concerns due to its proximity to Philadelphia and its strong agricultural industry. Issues such as education, taxes, transportation, agriculture, and social services all play an important role in the politics of Trappe. Residents take these issues very seriously and are invested in making sure their voices are heard by those who represent them on the state and national level.
The political climate in Trappe, 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
Trappe, 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.
Trappe, 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 Trappe, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,753 contributions totaling $189,708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 497 contributions totaling $117,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)