South Coatesville, PA is a small town located in the heart of Chester County. It is home to a diverse range of people from different backgrounds and cultures. The politics of South Coatesville is unique due to its size, which has allowed for local issues to be more prominent than state and national issues. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected by the people of South Coatesville every four years. These officials work together to make decisions that affect the community on topics such as public safety, economic development, and education. In addition, there are initiatives taken by local organizations and businesses that help support the community in various ways. South Coatesville offers its citizens a variety of opportunities to get involved in local politics through attending meetings, volunteering at events, and participating in campaigns.
The political climate in South Coatesville, PA is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, PA is moderately liberal. In Chester County, PA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Chester county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Coatesville, PA is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
South Coatesville, Pennsylvania: r r d r 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 South Coatesville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,869 contributions totaling $139,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 452 contributions totaling $299,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $664 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)