Shillington, PA is a small, vibrant town located just outside of Reading. Politics in Shillington are mainly focused on local issues such as public safety, education, transportation, and economic development. The town has a mayor and several city council members who represent the interests of the citizens. In addition to the town government, there are many organizations that advocate for particular policies and causes in the community. For example, the Shillington Business Association works to attract new businesses to the area while promoting existing ones; and Friends of Shillington Parks helps maintain local parks and green spaces within the community. Every two years, residents have an opportunity to vote for their preferred political candidates during local elections.
The political climate in Shillington, PA is leaning conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shillington, PA is leaning conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Shillington, Pennsylvania: r r d r r r
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 Shillington, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $69,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $216,619 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,008 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)