The political landscape in Skippack Township, PA is vibrant and ever-changing. The township is part of the Montgomery County region and is represented in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Warren Kampf and in the US House of Representatives by Mary Gay Scanlon. Both of these representatives are members of the Democratic Party who advocate for a number of progressive initiatives such as improved infrastructure, increased funding for education, and greater access to healthcare services. The Montgomery County government provides a variety of public services to its citizens, including public safety, health care, transportation, parks and recreation, water and sewer systems, waste management programs, and much more. It is overseen by three county commissioners who are elected at-large by all registered voters living in Montgomery County. On the local level, Skippack Township is governed by a seven-member Board of Supervisors who meet regularly to discuss issues that affect the township's residents. All township residents are encouraged to attend these meetings as they are open to the public.
The political climate in Skippack township, 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
Skippack township, 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.
Skippack township, 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 Skippack township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,866 contributions totaling $814,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,554 contributions totaling $703,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)