Newtown Borough, PA is a small borough located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It has a population of just over two thousand people and is governed by a mayor and seven council members. As with most local politics within the state, residents of Newtown Borough tend to be politically active. With both major parties represented in the borough, there have been lively debates between candidates during election cycles. The issues discussed range from taxes and zoning regulations to public safety and education. Local politicians work hard to make sure that their constituents’ voices are heard loud and clear during elections, ensuring that all citizens are represented fairly and equitably in the political arena.
The political climate in Newtown, 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
Newtown, 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.
Newtown, 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 Newtown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,545 contributions totaling $1,325,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,245 contributions totaling $846,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $680 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)