Bridgewater Borough, located in central Pennsylvania, is a small community that offers its citizens a peaceful and safe environment. Despite its small size, Bridgewater has a rich history of social and political activism. In the early part of the 20th century, many citizens of Bridgewater were actively involved in labor unions and other progressive efforts to enact much-needed changes to their community. Many of these efforts continue to this day. Bridgewater residents are passionate about their local politics and regularly attend council meetings and city hall events to voice their support or opposition on local issues. Residents also take part in elections by voting for their preferred candidates for office. Local candidates regularly visit the community to meet with constituents and discuss important policies that will affect the area's future. Through the commitment of its citizens, Bridgewater Borough remains an engaged and vibrant community that continues to strive towards progress for all who call it home.
The political climate in Bridgewater, PA is leaning conservative.
Beaver County, PA is moderately conservative. In Beaver County, PA 40.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.4%.
Beaver county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bridgewater, PA is leaning conservative.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Bridgewater, Pennsylvania: d d r r R R
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 Bridgewater, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 464 contributions totaling $54,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 395 contributions totaling $168,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $426 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)