In 19607 Reading, PA, politics are a major part of the local culture. The city is located in Berks County, PA and is a part of the 13th Congressional District which is represented by Democrat Rep. Dwight Evans. Residents of Reading also elect City Council Members to serve on the seven-member body that oversees local legislation. There are regular mayoral elections held every four years with incumbent Mayor Eddie Moran currently in office since 2017. In addition to politics at the state and local levels, residents of Reading are active in regional and national conversations about political initiatives such as gun control, immigration reform, and more.
The political climate in Zip 19607 (Reading, PA) is leaning conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 19607 (Reading, PA) is leaning conservative.
Reading, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Reading, Pennsylvania: r r d r r r
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 19607 (Reading)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $69,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $216,619 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,008 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)