Trainer, Pennsylvania is a borough located in Delaware County with a population of approximately 4,800. Politics in Trainer are represented primarily by the members of the Republican and Democratic parties who serve in local offices. On the state level, Trainer is part of Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district and is represented by Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D). In addition to her role in Congress, Rep. Scanlon also serves as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. Local political candidates running for office in Trainer, PA include Rick Pfeiffer (R) who is running for Delaware County Commissioner and Barbara McIlvaine Smith (D) who is running for State Senate District 9. It's an important election cycle this year in Trainer with plenty of opportunity to get involved and make your voice heard through voting.
The political climate in Trainer, PA is somewhat 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
Trainer, PA is somewhat 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.
Trainer, 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 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 Trainer, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 649 contributions totaling $66,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $33,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)