Milford Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania has a long and vibrant history of politics. From its founding in 1702, the township has been proud to be part of a place so uniquely tied to Pennsylvania's past. Politically, it is important to note that Milford Township is an integral part of the state legislature and contributes significantly to the overall political landscape. For many years, Milford Township had its own local representation on both county boards and state legislatures. Today, Milford Township is represented by Senator Robert Mensch and Representatives Craig Staats, Todd Polinchock and Maureen Madden in the Pennsylvania State Senate. Additionally, several current local representatives serve on various boards throughout Bucks County, including those for social services and education. While recent years have seen a shift towards more national politics, Milford Township remains an important location for understanding both local and state issues that affect citizens of Bucks County.
The political climate in Milford township (Bucks County), PA is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, PA is leaning liberal. In Bucks County, PA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bucks county remained Democratic, 51.5% to 47.2%.
Bucks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milford township (Bucks County), PA is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Milford township (Bucks 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 Milford township (Bucks County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,527 contributions totaling $358,486 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,244 contributions totaling $216,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)