East Whiteland, PA is a growing municipality located in Chester County. It is located just outside of the city limits of Philadelphia and has seen rapid growth in recent years. The local politics in East Whiteland center around issues such as land use planning, development, and infrastructure. The local government consists of five elected officials, including a mayor and four council members. These officials hold regular public meetings to discuss topics relevant to their constituents such as zoning ordinances, budgeting, taxation, environmental protection efforts, and other important issues affecting the residents of East Whiteland. Residents are encouraged to become involved in their local government by attending meetings or participating in local elections. In addition to the elected officials, there are numerous community organizations that work to support the needs of the citizens throughout East Whiteland. These groups are instrumental in advocating for policies that will benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in East Whiteland, PA is leaning liberal.
Chester County, PA is moderately liberal. In Chester County, PA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Chester county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Whiteland, PA is leaning liberal.
Chester County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
East Whiteland, Pennsylvania: r r d r 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 East Whiteland, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,652 contributions totaling $1,207,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,420 contributions totaling $651,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $459 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)