In 19335 Downingtown, PA, local politics are a major part of the community. Voting is encouraged and participation in political activities is seen as an important civic duty. Political candidates at the local level often represent the interests of their constituents and work to improve quality of life in their districts. Residents in 19335 Downingtown can contact their local representatives to voice their concerns or advocate for changes to policies that affect them. In addition, many people take part in debates and discussion about current political issues and campaigns during election seasons. This helps ensure that everyone’s voice is heard in the voting process.
The political climate in Zip 19335 (Downingtown, PA) is leaning 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 19335 (Downingtown, PA) is leaning liberal.
Downingtown, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Downingtown, 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 19335 (Downingtown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,079 contributions totaling $283,667 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 596 contributions totaling $154,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)