Marple, PA is a small town located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The town is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Commissioners, which consists of a president and six commissioners. Each commissioner represents one of Marple's six wards. The board meets regularly to decide on local issues ranging from zoning to budget allocation. In addition, the town elects two representatives to the Delaware County Council who are responsible for county-level issues such as public transportation and education policies. Voting in Marple is highly encouraged and residents have the opportunity to send their voice through the ballot boxes each election season. Local political candidates often participate in debates and meet with constituents throughout the year in order to gain support from their neighbors. This encourages citizens to be involved and informed about politics in their community, allowing them to make educated decisions when casting their vote for office holders or initiatives.
The political climate in Marple, 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
Marple, 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.
Marple, 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 Marple, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,893 contributions totaling $2,347,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,271 contributions totaling $1,238,708 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)