Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania is a suburban town located in Montgomery County. It has a small population that mostly consists of families and young professionals. The area has vibrant schools and communities, with civic engagement being an important part of life in the area. Politics in Pottsgrove are generally centered around local issues like taxes, education, public safety, and infrastructure. Political candidates from both major parties strive to represent the towns’ interests by engaging with residents and communicating their beliefs about the issues impacting Pottsgrove. Candidates debate these issues during election cycles in order to win votes from residents who live in the area. While national politics can impact Pottsgrove as well, local elections provide an avenue for residents to make their voices heard on matters that directly affect them and their community.
The political climate in Pottsgrove, 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
Pottsgrove, 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.
Pottsgrove, 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 Pottsgrove, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 845 contributions totaling $48,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $39,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)