Ambler, Pennsylvania is a small community located in Montgomery County and is home to approximately 6,500 residents. The town has a strong sense of community with many local businesses and its own library. Politically, the town leans Democratic and has a long history of electing Democratic officials to local offices. Recently, local elections have seen contention from both Democrat and Republican candidates. Residents of Ambler have had the opportunity to participate in primary elections for Mayor and Council seats as well as School Board positions. These races have been competitive with both sides fighting for a seat to represent their respective parties in office. The current Mayor of Ambler is Democrat Jeanne Sorg who was elected in 2017. With her dedication to the town's growth and success she has proven herself an effective leader for all in Ambler.
The political climate in Ambler, PA is somewhat 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
Ambler, PA is somewhat 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.
Ambler, 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 Ambler, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,810 contributions totaling $492,255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 739 contributions totaling $366,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)