Politics in 19107 is a hot topic amongst residents. The area is in the 2nd Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Dwight Evans. On the state level, he represents Pennsylvania's 202nd Legislative District as a member of the House of Representatives. At the city level, Philadelphia has a Mayor and City Council. Jim Kenney currently serves as Mayor and 17 members serve on City Council - one of them being Councilmember Cherelle Parker who represents the 9th District which includes 19107. With numerous local issues up for debate such as taxes, public services, infrastructure, and crime prevention, many Philadelphians are engaged in political conversations on topics that directly affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 19107 (Philadelphia, PA) is very liberal.
Philadelphia County, PA is very liberal. In Philadelphia County, PA 81.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Philadelphia county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.2% to 17.9%.
Philadelphia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 19107 (Philadelphia, PA) is very liberal.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is very liberal.
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Philadelphia, 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 19107 (Philadelphia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,632 contributions totaling $3,884,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,069 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $90,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $592 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)