In the year of 18892, Doylestown, Pennsylvania was a small town with a population of just under 2,000 people. While the town was growing and developing, politics in the area were still very much in their infancy. There were no local political candidates campaigning for office at this time as most citizens were content to let the state legislature handle matters of law and government. However, there was some discussion on municipal matters such as taxes and public works projects. Most decisions were made by townspeople in open meetings and discussions often took place between members of different parties on issues facing them all. The local political atmosphere was one of respectful debate and compromise as they worked together to ensure that the best interests of Doylestown were served.
The political climate in Zip 18902 (Doylestown, PA) is leaning conservative.
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 18902 (Doylestown, PA) is leaning conservative.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
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 18902 (Doylestown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,529 contributions totaling $322,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 521 contributions totaling $185,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)