In 19505 Bechtelsville, PA, politics had a major impact on the community. During the 1950s, many of the local political candidates focused their efforts on improving the quality of life in Bechtelsville. This included reducing taxes, providing better public services, and increasing access to education for all residents. The local politicians also worked to increase employment opportunities and stimulate economic growth in the area. With a population of about 2500 people at that time, Bechtelsville was a small but powerful community with a strong sense of civic pride and responsibility. Many of these initiatives had lasting impacts on the wellbeing of its citizens and laid a foundation for greater economic success in subsequent decades.
The political climate in Zip 19505 (Bechtelsville, PA) is somewhat 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
Zip 19505 (Bechtelsville, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania is somewhat 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.
Bechtelsville, 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 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 zip 19505 (Bechtelsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,887 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)