Mertztown, PA is a small town in Berks County located in southeastern Pennsylvania. As such, it is home to a variety of local politicians who all strive to make Mertztown the best it can be. The local government is made up of a mayor and five borough councillors, who are elected by the community every four years. The mayor oversees the day-to-day operations of the city while the borough councillors focus on laws and regulations that protect the citizens of Mertztown. These officials also work with state representatives to ensure that Mertztown’s needs are represented at both state and federal levels. There is also an active local political scene in Mertztown, with various groups and campaigns working for different causes from environmental protection to public education reform. All these efforts ultimately aim to benefit those living in Mertztown by creating a better quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Mertztown, PA is somewhat conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mertztown, PA is somewhat conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Mertztown, Pennsylvania: r r d r r r
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 Mertztown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $8,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,845 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)