In 1930s Paoli, Pennsylvania, the local politics were focused on providing services to the citizens of the area. The key issues at the time included public health and safety, public education, transportation infrastructure, and economic development. During this period, local government leaders strived to improve conditions in their communities by advocating for public works projects such as road construction and water drainage systems. Although no population data is available from that time period, it was likely a small town with limited resources; however, townspeople continued to strive for progress. Public meetings were held regularly to discuss potential solutions to problems and ways to provide better services for citizens. Local candidates running for office were not featured at this time, but many of them undoubtedly had an interest in advocating for their community.
The political climate in Zip 19301 (Paoli, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, PA is moderately liberal. In Chester County, PA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Chester county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 19301 (Paoli, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Paoli, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Chester County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Paoli, Pennsylvania: r r d r 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 19301 (Paoli)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 924 contributions totaling $215,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $83,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $483 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)