Horsham, Pennsylvania is a small town located in Montgomery County. It is known for its historic buildings and quaint downtown area. Despite its size, Horsham has a bustling political climate with several local politicians representing the town on a county-wide level. The mayor of Horsham is Dr. Richard Bradford, who was elected to the position in 2015. He works closely with the other members of the local government, such as Council President Dan Stuck and Township Supervisor Peter Heim, to ensure that all citizens have access to excellent services and representation. Local elections are held every two years, giving residents an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates and ensure their voices are heard when it comes to important issues facing the town. With state representatives like State Representative Todd Stephens also representing Horsham in Harrisburg, it's clear that politics plays an important role in this small Pennsylvania community.
The political climate in Horsham, 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
Horsham, 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.
Horsham, 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 Horsham, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,857 contributions totaling $225,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $216,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $956 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)