In Upper Tulpehocken, PA, politics is an important part of life. Residents are actively involved in the political process by attending local meetings and campaigns to support their favorite candidates. The local government works hard to ensure that residents’ voices are heard by providing necessary services to the community. Local political candidates strive to make Upper Tulpehocken a better place to live, work, and play. They hold town hall meetings and attend events to hear what issues matter most to residents. With the help of local citizens, these elected officials create policies that benefit all citizens of Upper Tulpehocken.
The political climate in Upper Tulpehocken, PA is moderately conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upper Tulpehocken, PA is moderately conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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 Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania: r r d r r r
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 Tulpehocken, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $7,223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $22,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)