Folsom, PA is a quaint community located in Delaware County with a population of about 8,200 residents. It is a diverse and thriving community where residents take an active role in their local politics. Folsom has an elected government consisting of a mayor and six council members who are elected by the citizens of the town to serve four year terms. The mayor and council members work together to implement policy initiatives that will benefit the community as a whole. They also work to ensure that all citizens have access to resources they need such as public transportation, housing and education. Additionally, Folsom has several local political organizations that aim to educate the citizens on important issues facing their community and provide opportunities for engagement in the political process. These organizations often hold events and meetings throughout the year that allow civic minded individuals to get involved in making their voices heard within their local government.
The political climate in Folsom, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware County, PA is strongly liberal. In Delaware County, PA 62.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.8% to 36.0%.
Delaware county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Folsom, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware 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.
Folsom, 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 Folsom, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,491 contributions totaling $492,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 370 contributions totaling $54,309 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)