Montgomery Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is a vibrant community that is actively involved in local politics. The township is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors, who are elected by the residents of the township to serve four-year terms. The Board of Supervisors oversee all matters pertaining to the general welfare of its citizens, including land use, budgets, and other important decisions. Every two years, residents also elect a tax collector who collects taxes and distributes them to the county’s municipalities. In addition to local elections, Montgomery Township is active in regional politics as well – its representatives often attend hearings held at the county level on matters such as zoning regulations or budgetary appropriations. With so many different levels of political involvement, Montgomery Township remains an engaged and informed part of the Montgomery County community.
The political climate in Montgomery township (Montgomery County), PA is leaning liberal.
Montgomery County, PA is strongly liberal. In Montgomery County, PA 62.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.4% to 36.2%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montgomery township (Montgomery County), PA is leaning liberal.
Montgomery 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.
Montgomery township (Montgomery 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 Montgomery township (Montgomery County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,509 contributions totaling $989,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,317 contributions totaling $510,841 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)