Aldan, PA is a small town in Delaware County with a population of 4,345 people according to the 2010 census. The local political landscape is largely dominated by the Democratic Party and Democrats have held most elected offices for many years. Mayor Gail Coon currently leads the town and her term ends in 2021. Councilors Mark Rogers and Barbara Gray are also representative of Aldan and serve on the City Council. In addition, there are several local offices that provide important services for residents such as tax assessor, road commissioner, and school board member. All of these positions are filled by dedicated community members who take their responsibilities very seriously to ensure that Aldan runs smoothly.
The political climate in Aldan, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware County, PA is strongly liberal. In Delaware County, PA 62.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.8% to 36.0%.
Delaware county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aldan, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware 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.
Aldan, 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 Aldan, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 282 contributions totaling $17,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $88,603 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $709 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)