Upper Southampton, PA is a suburban township located in Bucks County. Though it has no local political candidates, the politics of the area are heavily influenced by officials at both the county and state level. County offices such as the Board of Commissioners and District Attorney make decisions that affect Upper Southampton residents. At the state level, legislators from both parties in Harrisburg help to shape laws and regulations related to taxes, public safety, infrastructure projects, and much more. Through its representatives in county government and state-level politics, Upper Southampton remains connected to the larger political system of Pennsylvania.
The political climate in Upper Southampton, PA is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, PA is leaning liberal. In Bucks County, PA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bucks county remained Democratic, 51.5% to 47.2%.
Bucks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upper Southampton, PA is leaning conservative.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Upper Southampton, 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 Upper Southampton, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,868 contributions totaling $896,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,507 contributions totaling $478,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)