Lower Chichester, PA is a small town located in Delaware County. The local government consists of a three-member Township Board of Supervisors and a six-member Planning Commission. Elections for the Township Board are held every four years and the Planning Commission every two years. Lower Chichester Township is also an active participant in regional politics through the Delaware County Council of Governments which provides cooperative planning and program support to its member municipalities. Currently, there are no known local political candidates running for election in Lower Chichester. However, many residents take an active interest in local politics by attending meetings, joining committees, or running for office themselves when elections come around. The citizens of Lower Chichester take pride in their community and actively engage in decision making to ensure their town’s continued success.
The political climate in Lower Chichester, 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
Lower Chichester, 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.
Lower Chichester, 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 Lower Chichester, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 510 contributions totaling $65,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $20,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)