The politics in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania are incredibly diverse and ever-changing. Local elections for politicians take place every two years and the county is deeply divided along party lines. The people of Montgomery County have a wide range of opinions which often clash, as evidenced by several close races in recent years. Elections are very competitive here, with strong platforms from both Democratic and Republican candidates vying for votes. Many local issue-focused organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the National Rifle Association also make their presence felt in Montgomery County politics. With a variety of interests being represented, it's no surprise that all levels of government in Montgomery County are doing their best to serve its constituents well.
The political climate in 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
Montgomery County, PA 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.
Montgomery, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Montgomery County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94,323 contributions totaling $19,202,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14,443 contributions totaling $14,245,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $986 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)