Richland Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania has a rich political history. The township is served by a five-member Board of Supervisors and various other elected officials. The Board of Supervisors oversee the day to day operations of the township and are elected by the voters every four years. All registered voters in Richland Township have an opportunity to participate in local politics by voting for these candidates at the polls. Elections for these positions often feature candidates who represent different points of view on important issues facing the community, such as safety, roads, parks, economic development, and taxation. Through their involvement in local politics, Richland Township residents can help shape the future of their hometown.
The political climate in Richland township (Bucks County), 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
Richland township (Bucks County), 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.
Richland township (Bucks 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 Richland township (Bucks County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,425 contributions totaling $116,733 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 273 contributions totaling $54,682 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)