Upper Hanover, PA is a small town located in Montgomery County. It has an active local government that values community involvement and the public's input on the issues that affect them. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss policy matters, oversee municipal services, and approve budgets. Each year, the citizens of Upper Hanover have the opportunity to elect representatives to serve on the Town Council from among their fellow citizens who are running for office. The candidates typically engage in debates and forums to inform voters of their positions on important issues such as taxes, infrastructure projects, and development plans. Residents also have an opportunity to voice their opinions directly in town hall meetings and other public meetings held by the Council. Through this process, Upper Hanover is able to maintain a strong sense of community while preserving local values and traditions.
The political climate in Upper Hanover, 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
Upper Hanover, 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.
Upper Hanover, 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 Hanover, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $26,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 310 contributions totaling $52,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)