Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania is a small suburban community located in Montgomery County. It has a rich history and culture that date back to the colonial period. Politically, the township is governed by an elected board of supervisors and an appointed township manager. The supervisors are responsible for setting policy and managing expenditures based on input from the community at large. In addition to the board of supervisors, local elections are held every two years for school board members, mayors, constables, auditors, tax collectors and other offices. Local politics in Whitemarsh generally focus on issues related to land use and zoning as well as providing services such as police protection, street maintenance and beautification projects. Residents are encouraged to get involved in their local government by attending public meetings or volunteering for political campaigns. By doing so they can make sure their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions about how their communities operate.
The political climate in Whitemarsh, PA is somewhat 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
Whitemarsh, PA is somewhat 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.
Whitemarsh, 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 Whitemarsh, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,727 contributions totaling $4,390,633 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,383 contributions totaling $1,787,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $528 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)