The small town of Rutledge, Pennsylvania is a quaint and peaceful place. Although it is relatively small in size, the local politics are just as important as they would be in a bigger city. The town has an elected mayor who presides over the legislative body which consists of five council members. These council members are all elected by the citizens of Rutledge and serve four-year terms. Additionally, there is a police department headed by a police chief that maintains law and order within the community. The mayor and council work together to ensure that Rutledge remains a safe place to live and that its citizens have access to the services they need. It is clear that the people of Rutledge take their local politics seriously, taking great pride in who represents them at both the state and national levels.
The political climate in Rutledge, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware County, PA is strongly liberal. In Delaware County, PA 62.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.8% to 36.0%.
Delaware county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rutledge, PA is somewhat liberal.
Delaware 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.
Rutledge, 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 Rutledge, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,186 contributions totaling $32,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $179,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,601 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)