In the late 19th century, the politics of Doylestown, PA was heavily influenced by the state of Pennsylvania. During this time period, the state government was largely controlled by the Republican Party, with Democrats holding a minority of positions in both state and local government. In Doylestown, like much of Pennsylvania, Republicans had a strong presence in town politics. Local elected officials were generally chosen through party primaries held each year for county offices. This allowed residents to get to know their local candidates before making their choice at the polls. Despite a Republican majority in most elections, there was still a healthy political discourse between local candidates from both parties in 18901 Doylestown as they jockeyed for public office.
The political climate in Zip 18901 (Doylestown, 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 18901 (Doylestown, PA) is leaning liberal.
Doylestown, 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.
Doylestown, 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 18901 (Doylestown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,686 contributions totaling $397,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 858 contributions totaling $914,346 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,066 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)