Politics in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania are largely influenced by the larger state and national governments. Elected representatives at all levels of government work to ensure that the needs and interests of citizens in King of Prussia are addressed in their policies. At the local level, candidates for mayor and councilperson put forward their platforms and seek to represent the views of constituents in town. On a larger scale, Pennsylvania senators and members of congress from across the state help to shape policy on a range of societal issues such as healthcare, education, taxes, and economic development. Additionally, citizens can make their opinions heard through voting in elections or lobbying their elected officials for particular causes they care about. With active engagement from its citizens and a range of political actors involved in decision-making processes, King of Prussia is an engaged community with a strong commitment to progressive politics.
The political climate in King of Prussia, 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
King of Prussia, 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.
King of Prussia, 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 King of Prussia, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,728 contributions totaling $2,481,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,983 contributions totaling $1,269,932 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $640 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)