Bensalem, PA is a small township located in the greater Philadelphia area. The political landscape of the town is influenced by both local and state level elections. On the local level, the town has an elected mayor and council that make decisions about zoning, taxation, police protection, public works, recreation centers and more. At the state level, elections determine which party controls the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate. The election of judges to appellate courts also happens at this level. At both levels, parties work to put forth candidates who are qualified to serve in various offices and who represent their values. In 19020 Bensalem, PA there is a diverse set of political views that are represented by both Democrats and Republicans in City Hall as well as Harrisburg
The political climate in Zip 19020 (Bensalem, PA) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 19020 (Bensalem, PA) is leaning liberal.
Bensalem, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania 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.
Bensalem, 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 zip 19020 (Bensalem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 827 contributions totaling $269,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 371 contributions totaling $185,768 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $501 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)