Spring Ridge, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the rural outskirts of Philadelphia. Although it has a relatively small population of around 6,000 people, the politics in Spring Ridge are still important to its citizens. The town operates with a mayor-council government structure and hires various administrators and staff to run its operations. Every two years, local residents elect a Mayor and several City Council members from the community who serve as leaders for the town. It is through these elected officials that decisions are made regarding budgeting, infrastructure development, local laws and regulations, public safety initiatives, and other vital aspects of life that affect residents. Local political candidates often come from within the community and they strive to make Spring Ridge an even better place to live by advocating for beneficial policies for their constituents.
The political climate in Spring Ridge, 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
Spring Ridge, 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.
Spring Ridge, 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 Spring Ridge, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 859 contributions totaling $111,083 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 921 contributions totaling $359,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)