Upper Darby, PA is a diverse and vibrant community located in the Delaware Valley region of Pennsylvania. It is home to a wide range of people from different backgrounds and beliefs. Political candidates in Upper Darby come from both major parties as well as independent and third-party affiliations. The political landscape in Upper Darby is shaped by the issues that the residents care about most. Some of the main topics include education, public safety, economic development, public health, and infrastructure. Local politicians must prioritize these issues while advocating for their constituents on a local level. Upper Darby is also known to have some of the most passionate and vocal voters in the state and nation, which often results in highly contested elections with dynamic debates about important policy matters. Ultimately, politics in Upper Darby are driven by its citizens’ concerns and values, making it an important part of the region’s identity.
The political climate in Upper Darby, PA is moderately liberal.
Delaware County, PA is strongly liberal. In Delaware County, PA 62.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.8% to 36.0%.
Delaware county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upper Darby, PA is moderately liberal.
Delaware 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.
Upper Darby, 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 Darby, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,733 contributions totaling $556,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,229 contributions totaling $293,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)