Phoenixville, PA is home to a thriving political community. With a population of over 16,000 people, residents take advantage of their democratic rights by actively participating in local elections. The city offers many opportunities for locals to get involved and support candidates with their ideas and platform. Citizens can participate in candidate forums, volunteer for campaigns, host phone banks, make signs, and more. In addition to individual projects, voting is especially important and encouraged in Phoenixville. Every election cycle the public has the opportunity to vote for representatives that they feel will best represent them and their interests. Residents also have several ways to stay informed about politics such as attending meetings or joining committees at City Hall which are open to the public. Through these efforts Phoenixville remains an engaged political community that works together to create a better future for its citizens.
The political climate in Phoenixville, PA is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, PA is moderately liberal. In Chester County, PA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Chester county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phoenixville, PA is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania: r r d r 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 Phoenixville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,406 contributions totaling $190,562 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 934 contributions totaling $325,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)