In 19078 Ridley Park, PA, the local political scene is a mix of state and local elections. Residents have the opportunity to participate in a variety of state and local ballots such as voting for candidates to Pennsylvania's House of Representatives, Senate, and Governor. At the local level, there are also elections for mayor and city council members. The mayor is responsible for setting policy that affects all residents in Ridley Park with the approval of the city council. All around Ridley Park, people are encouraged to participate in their local democracy by finding out who is running for office and taking part in the elections. No matter what issues are important to residents of Ridley Park, they have a voice in how their community is managed through their participation in politics.
The political climate in Zip 19078 (Ridley 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 19078 (Ridley Park, PA) is moderately liberal.
Ridley 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.
Ridley 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 19078 (Ridley Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,488 contributions totaling $86,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $6,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)