Middletown Township in Delaware County, PA is a vibrant, growing township with plenty of opportunities for political engagement. The township is served by three local government positions, including the Board of Commissioners, the Township Manager and the Township Solicitor. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending meetings and getting to know their elected officials. There are also many civic organizations that seek to improve life for residents of Middletown Township, such as the Middletown Community Association and the Middletown Civic Club. These organizations provide citizens with a chance to voice their opinions and participate in making a positive impact on their community. Additionally, elections are held regularly for various offices around Middletown Township, which allows residents to have their say in who represents them at the local government level.
The political climate in Middletown township (Delaware County), 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
Middletown township (Delaware County), 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.
Middletown township (Delaware County), 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 Middletown township (Delaware County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,352 contributions totaling $2,039,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,662 contributions totaling $762,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)