The politics in Collegeville, PA are an important part of the town's identity and culture. Every four years, the citizens of Collegeville come together to cast their ballots in local elections and take part in local debates. The small suburban city has different representatives for each party on a county-wide level, as well as many other organizations that advocate for specific issues relevant to the area. Candidates from both parties work diligently to bring attention to their platforms and convince voters that they are best suited to address the issues facing Collegeville. Local media outlets report on current events and debates between candidates, informing citizens so they can make informed decisions when voting. Residents of Collegeville take pride in their right to choose their leaders and participate actively in the democratic process.
The political climate in Collegeville, 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
Collegeville, 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.
Collegeville, 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 Collegeville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,753 contributions totaling $189,708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 497 contributions totaling $117,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)