Upper Pottsgrove is an affluent borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The local government consists of a mayor and seven members of the Borough Council who are elected by the citizens of Upper Pottsgrove. The political climate of Upper Pottsgrove is mostly conservative, as evidenced by the recent election results in which Republican candidates were victorious. The town is known for its active community involvement, with many residents attending local politics meetings often to stay informed on important issues. The Borough Council holds regular public meetings open to all citizens, allowing everyone to have a voice in their local government. As a whole, Upper Pottsgrove has an active and engaged political system that works to ensure that all of its citizens’ needs are met.
The political climate in Upper Pottsgrove, 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 Pottsgrove, 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 Pottsgrove, 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 Pottsgrove, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,690 contributions totaling $96,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 426 contributions totaling $79,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)