The politics of Wrightstown, Pennsylvania are characterized by a small town atmosphere and local government. The township is run by an elected Board of Supervisors, with the five members representing each of the geographical divisions in the township. Every year, board members are voted in to two-year terms. As a result, politicians at the local level are closely connected to their constituents and take into account their needs when forming policy decisions. The township also has a professional staff that works in conjunction with supervisors to keep things running smoothly. Additionally, there are various committees and organizations that work on important issues such as zoning, infrastructure projects, and budgeting. All of these things combine to create an atmosphere of cooperation between citizens and their representatives that leads to effective governing.
The political climate in Wrightstown, PA is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, PA is leaning liberal. In Bucks County, PA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bucks county remained Democratic, 51.5% to 47.2%.
Bucks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wrightstown, PA is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Wrightstown, 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 Wrightstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,309 contributions totaling $1,403,721 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,449 contributions totaling $920,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $635 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)