In 19076 Prospect Park, PA, politics is a major part of the community. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to cast their ballots in local elections to choose who will represent them in government. The elected officials are responsible for making decisions on issues such as taxes, infrastructure and public safety. Locally, Prospect Park has an up and coming population with a median age of 31 which allows for younger voices to be heard in local government. There are a few organizations that work to ensure that residents are informed of the political news and updates in their area. The community works together to make sure that each member is well-represented when it comes to political matters.
The political climate in Zip 19076 (Prospect Park, PA) is moderately liberal.
Delaware County, PA is strongly liberal. In Delaware County, PA 62.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.8% to 36.0%.
Delaware county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 19076 (Prospect Park, PA) is moderately liberal.
Prospect Park, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Delaware County, Pennsylvania is strongly 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.
Prospect Park, 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 19076 (Prospect Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $4,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $1,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)