Politically, the small borough of Hatboro, PA is part of Montgomery County and has been represented in Congress by Rep. Madeleine Dean since 2019. Within the county, Hatboro is part of the 53rd legislative district. The current state representatives for this district are Todd Stephens (R) and Tom Murt (R). At the local level, Hatboro has a seven-member council which aims to facilitate progress within the borough while balancing the interests of its citizens. In terms of grassroots involvement in local politics, Hatboro's citizens actively participate in elections and organize events to promote their political views. On occasion, citizens will band together to support or oppose certain initiatives brought forth by elected officials or other organizations operating within Hatboro's boundaries. All in all, politics in Hatboro are lively and engaged with a deep respect for democratic ideals.
The political climate in Hatboro, 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
Hatboro, 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.
Hatboro, 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 Hatboro, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 865 contributions totaling $46,962 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $25,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)