Leesport, PA is a small borough in Berks County with a population of just over 1,200 people. The local government consists of a mayor and seven council members who are all elected officials and serve the citizens of Leesport. The current mayor is Joseph Sullivan, who was first elected in January 2013. Sullivan and the Borough Council have worked together to make meaningful progress on major projects including the renovation of the historic Deppen Park and the construction of an new amphitheater. Furthermore, they are also focusing on improving infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks, as well as creating new economic development opportunities. Despite its small size, Leesport has an active political climate as evidenced by regular council meetings and debates between residents about important local issues like taxes, zoning regulations, school funding, and public safety.
The political climate in Leesport, PA is somewhat 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
Leesport, PA is somewhat 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.
Leesport, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Leesport, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $5,155 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)