West Whiteland Township is located in Chester County, Pennsylvania and is known for its small-town charm and rural atmosphere. Politically, the township is a largely conservative area with a wide variety of opinions and perspectives. Several local candidates focus on issues such as fiscal responsibility, public health, economic development, and environmental protection. Residents have also recently been engaged in conversations about police reform initiatives and immigration policies. While there are many differing views on these topics, West Whiteland Township has shown that it values open dialogue between citizens to find common ground and work towards solutions that serve the community best.
The political climate in West Whiteland, PA is leaning 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
West Whiteland, PA is leaning 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.
West Whiteland, 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 West Whiteland, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,432 contributions totaling $1,110,307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,277 contributions totaling $871,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)