Conshohocken, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in Montgomery County, roughly 15 miles from downtown Philadelphia. Politically, the area is considered to be fairly conservative and historically has had an independent streak. A number of local politicians have served the Conshohocken area over the years, including Democrats, Republicans and independents. Currently, the Mayor of Conshohocken is Thomas Painter, who was first elected in 2015. The Borough Council members are mostly Republicans but have included individuals from all political parties over the past few decades. The mayor serves as the leader of the borough and is responsible for setting goals and objectives for municipal government operations. He or she also works with other groups such as schools and businesses to improve quality of life for those living in Conshohocken.
The political climate in Conshohocken, PA is moderately 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
Conshohocken, PA is moderately 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.
Conshohocken, 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 Conshohocken, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,038 contributions totaling $1,286,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,239 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $428,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,757 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)