Bucks County, Pennsylvania is a political hotbed as it serves as a key swing county in the state. Politically, the county has been evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans in recent years and elections. The county's congressional representation is composed of two Republican House Representatives – Brian Fitzpatrick and Scott Perry – while Bucks County is represented by one Democratic Senator, Bob Casey. On the local level, there are numerous mayors, commissioners, school board members, and other elected officials representing their constituents in Bucks County. These local government entities are tasked with making decisions that directly affect the lives of residents in their respective townships and boroughs. As such, local politics can be quite contentious as parties clash over issues such as taxes, development projects, education funding, zoning regulations and more. Ultimately the winners of these fights determine who will serve for the next term.
The political climate in Bucks County, PA is leaning liberal.
In Bucks County, PA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bucks county remained Democratic, 51.5% to 47.2%.
Bucks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bucks County, PA is leaning 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.
Bucks, 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 Bucks County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48,166 contributions totaling $5,751,752 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,075 contributions totaling $4,693,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $466 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)