Politics in North Wales, PA are primarily driven by the local government. The Borough of North Wales is in Montgomery County and is governed by a seven-member elected council, with an appointed mayor. The council sets policy for the borough and passes ordinances to manage issues such as zoning, public safety, and licensing. The mayor’s role is primarily to ensure that the day-to-day operations of the borough comply with council regulations. Additionally, there are representatives from North Wales at all levels of state and federal government. Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation and members of the General Assembly representing North Wales work on behalf of their constituents to shape legislation that affects all residents of the state.
The political climate in North Wales, PA is somewhat 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
North Wales, PA is somewhat 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.
North Wales, 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 North Wales, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,335 contributions totaling $169,701 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 312 contributions totaling $72,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)