Upper Salford, Pennsylvania is a small community located in Montgomery County. It is home to a diverse population of people from all walks of life, and political opinions are just as varied. The town is represented by a number of representatives in both local and state government. Locally, the board of supervisors consists of three members elected at-large for four-year terms. They are responsible for matters such as municipal services and taxation policies. Additionally, Upper Salford has two representatives at the state level that share responsibility for various legislative matters in Harrisburg. All elections for these positions occur every two years with residents selecting their preferred candidate based on their political stance on issues such as taxes, education, public safety, and more. Residents are encouraged to stay informed on local politics and vote to make sure their priority issues are addressed by their representatives.
The political climate in Upper Salford, 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 Salford, 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 Salford, 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 Salford, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,767 contributions totaling $254,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,215 contributions totaling $292,128 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)