Philadelphia Election Results By Ward, Montgomery and Delaware Eelctions Results by Township

The Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/5/04 | Me

[Robert A Cook PE]

Bookmarked, studying later!

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Will add registration data later when I get it.

[Tribune7]

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[tutstar]

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[Tribune7]

Radnor is a shocker, althoug I suspect a bit of that change was heavy voting by Villanova students.

A lot of the Delco towns that went for Kerry -- Upper Darby and Ridley -- are big blue collar towns with heavy GOP registration but not your typical RINO.

Chester, of course, is black.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Check out Chester County. Radnor seems to have followed the trend in Tredyffrin and Easttown up the Main Line.

	2000				2004				Increase
	Bush	Gore	Bush	Gore/Nader	Bush	Kerry	Bush	Kerry	Bush	Kerry
Atglen	218	153	58.76%	41.24%	312	215	59.20%	40.80%	94	62
Avondale	106	138	43.44%	56.56%	104	165	38.66%	61.34%	-2	27
Birmingham Township	1561	824	65.45%	34.55%	1,552	966	61.64%	38.36%	-9	142
Caln Township	1933	2412	44.49%	55.51%	2,438	2,968	45.10%	54.90%	505	556
Charlestown Township	1256	880	58.80%	41.20%	1,525	1,200	55.96%	44.04%	269	320
Coatesville	553	1846	23.05%	76.95%	781	2,434	24.29%	75.71%	228	588
Downingtown	1124	1492	42.97%	57.03%	1,493	1,747	46.08%	53.92%	369	255
East Bradford Township	2598	1969	56.89%	43.11%	3,069	2,453	55.58%	44.42%	471	484
East Brandywine Township	1546	1194	56.42%	43.58%	1,919	1,503	56.08%	43.92%	373	309
East Caln Township	645	585	52.44%	47.56%	841	802	51.19%	48.81%	196	217
East Coventry Township	1055	759	58.16%	41.84%	1,331	971	57.82%	42.18%	276	212
East Fallowfield Township	963	1032	48.27%	51.73%	1,401	1,343	51.06%	48.94%	438	311
East Goshen Township	5713	3770	60.24%	39.76%	6,397	4,555	58.41%	41.59%	684	785
East Marlborough Township	1761	1302	57.49%	42.51%	2,133	1,741	55.06%	44.94%	372	439
East Nantmeal Township	472	327	59.07%	40.93%	524	444	54.13%	45.87%	52	117
East Nottingham Township	949	691	57.87%	42.13%	1,736	1,284	57.48%	42.52%	787	593
East Pikeland Township	1735	1514	53.40%	46.60%	1,969	1,968	50.01%	49.99%	234	454
Easttown Township	3514	2301	60.43%	39.57%	3,471	2,889	54.58%	45.42%	-43	588
East Vincent Township	1237	959	56.33%	43.67%	1,691	1,356	55.50%	44.50%	454	397
East Whiteland Township	2070	2046	50.29%	49.71%	2,419	2,554	48.64%	51.36%	349	508
Elk Township	297	245	54.80%	45.20%	413	333	55.36%	44.64%	116	88
Elverson	443	153	74.33%	25.67%	574	205	73.68%	26.32%	131	52
Franklin Township	957	738	56.46%	43.54%	1,195	912	56.72%	43.28%	238	174
Highland Township	315	169	65.08%	34.92%	373	181	67.33%	32.67%	58	12
Honey Brook	295	196	60.08%	39.92%	342	236	59.17%	40.83%	47	40
Honey Brook Township	1084	639	62.91%	37.09%	1,400	806	63.46%	36.54%	316	167
Kennett Township	1811	1402	56.36%	43.64%	2,062	1,809	53.27%	46.73%	251	407
Kennett Square	642	798	44.58%	55.42%	767	976	44.00%	56.00%	125	178
London Britain Township	744	677	52.36%	47.64%	868	802	51.98%	48.02%	124	125
Londonderry Township	375	206	64.54%	35.46%	516	305	62.85%	37.15%	141	99
London Grove Township	1118	804	58.17%	41.83%	1,448	1,065	57.62%	42.38%	330	261
Lower Oxford Township	509	643	44.18%	55.82%	684	1,006	40.47%	59.53%	175	363
Malvern	739	737	50.07%	49.93%	740	870	45.96%	54.04%	1	133
Modena	33	78	29.73%	70.27%	53	113	31.93%	68.07%	20	35
New Garden Township	1532	741	67.40%	32.60%	2,272	1,705	57.13%	42.87%	740	964
Newline Township	328	281	53.86%	46.14%	395	334	54.18%	45.82%	67	53
New London Township	1134	754	60.06%	39.94%	1,545	1,056	59.40%	40.60%	411	302
North Coventry Township	1682	1383	54.88%	45.12%	2,005	1,672	54.53%	45.47%	323	289
Oxford	610	579	51.30%	48.70%	874	767	53.26%	46.74%	264	188
Parkesburg	494	620	44.34%	55.66%	651	694	48.40%	51.60%	157	74
Penn Township	698	539	56.43%	43.57%	1,100	911	54.70%	45.30%	402	372
Pennsbury Township	1233	967	56.05%	43.95%	1,282	1,170	52.28%	47.72%	49	203
Phoenixville	2097	3141	40.03%	59.97%	2,574	3,829	40.20%	59.80%	477	688
Pocopson Township	787	582	57.49%	42.51%	958	743	56.32%	43.68%	171	161
Sadsbury Township	413	445	48.14%	51.86%	711	647	52.36%	47.64%	298	202
Schuylkill Township	1964	1547	55.94%	44.06%	2,282	2,016	53.09%	46.91%	318	469
South Coatesville	65	248	20.77%	79.23%	91	325	21.88%	78.13%	26	77
South Coventry Township	466	405	53.50%	46.50%	679	525	56.40%	43.60%	213	120
Spring City	456	492	48.10%	51.90%	558	624	47.21%	52.79%	102	132
Thornbury Township	690	523	56.88%	43.12%	808	712	53.16%	46.84%	118	189
Tredyffrin Township	8668	7242	54.48%	45.52%	8,530	8,650	49.65%	50.35%	-138	1,408
Upper Oxford Township	496	299	62.39%	37.61%	634	370	63.15%	36.85%	138	71
Upper Uwchlan Township	1997	1238	61.73%	38.27%	2,447	1,533	61.48%	38.52%	450	295
Uwchlan Township	4468	3633	55.15%	44.85%	5,398	4,615	53.91%	46.09%	930	982
Valley Township	561	974	36.55%	63.45%	913	1,269	41.84%	58.16%	352	295
Wallace Township	859	546	61.14%	38.86%	1,013	707	58.90%	41.10%	154	161
Warwick Township	701	497	58.51%	41.49%	804	590	57.68%	42.32%	103	93
West Bradford Township	2469	2025	54.94%	45.06%	3,049	2,745	52.62%	47.38%	580	720
West Brandywine Township	1726	1306	56.93%	43.07%	2,075	1,596	56.52%	43.48%	349	290
West Caln Township	1321	1155	53.35%	46.65%	1,842	1,337	57.94%	42.06%	521	182
West Chester	1751	3755	31.80%	68.20%	1,972	4,677	29.66%	70.34%	221	922
West Fallowfield Township	588	324	64.47%	35.53%	659	335	66.30%	33.70%	71	11
West Goshen Township	4857	4611	51.30%	48.70%	5,747	5,368	51.70%	48.30%	890	757
West Grove	373	401	48.19%	51.81%	475	450	51.35%	48.65%	102	49
West Marlborough Township	220	170	56.41%	43.59%	218	224	49.32%	50.68%	-2	54
West Nantmeal Township	607	271	69.13%	30.87%	670	360	65.05%	34.95%	63	89
West Nottingham township, Chester County, Pennsylvania	468	340	57.92%	42.08%	605	404	59.96%	40.04%	137	64
West Pikeland Township	1172	669	63.66%	36.34%	1,478	903	62.07%	37.93%	306	234
West Sadsbury Township	441	299	59.59%	40.41%	599	326	64.76%	35.24%	158	27
Westtown Township	3058	2214	58.00%	42.00%	3,284	2,691	54.96%	45.04%	226	477
West Vincent Township	976	684	58.80%	41.20%	1,129	905	55.51%	44.49%	153	221
West Whiteland Township	3868	3707	51.06%	48.94%	4,565	4,665	49.46%	50.54%	697	958
Willistown Township	3300	2399	57.90%	42.10%	3,674	3,053	54.62%	45.38%	374	654
Total	99,965	85,685	53.85%	46.15%	119,106	108,680	52.29%	47.71%	19,141	22,995

[Torie]

Chester is Suffolk, Montgomery is Westchester, and Delaware is Nassau. Unless the steel belt turns into West Virginia, a Bush type candidate just can't win in Pennsylvania.

[Torie]

It is quite amazing the Lower Merion is so Dem. It has some of the richest precincts in the US. We have come a long way baby since the 1950's.

[Torie]

By the way, thanks for all your fine efforts. If I ever get to the City of Brotherly Love, I would be pleased to take you out to dinner.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

It is quite amazing the Lower Merion is so Dem. It has some of the richest precincts in the US. We have come a long way baby since the 1950's.

Its right there with Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia - Ward 9.

Bush 1,529 to Kerry 7,392 - 17.14%-82.86%

Chestnut Hill is the wealthiest neighborhood in the city.

The worst parts of Lower Merion are the Bala Cynwyd, Haverford, and Ardmore areas - roughly the souther half of the township. The Gladwyne area to the north is still extremely Republican, roughly 60-40 by voting, but of course more sparsely populated because of the large estates

[Torie]

What was the vote in Bryn Mar(sp)? I have seen aerial photos of some of those estates.

[Torie]

Ya, I was amazed by Chestnut Hill. I assumed that it was maybe about 50% middle class black or something.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

It has some of the richest precincts in the US.

Perhaps this just underscores that the Democrats are the Party of the wealthy elite and the welfare class, while the Republicans are the party of the upper middle, middle, and lower middle class - the worker bees of the country.

I find it fascinating that a row-house/working class/union neighborhood like Port Richmond, South Philly, or Mayfair is more Republican - even with a majority in many precincts - than Lower Merion. And yet we are the "party of the rich", while they represent the "workers".

Perhaps we will finally come a full circle to the 1890's-1920's period, when the Republicans claimed the allegiance of farmers, small business owners, and workers, while the Democrats had the organized ethnic grievance classes as their base. Even back then, we had the patronizing scene of the Democrats running Wall Street elitists like Cox and Roosevelt and calling the Republicans running ordinary Joe types like Harding and Coolidge the party of the rich.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

There are some large apartment complexes with a lot of minorities that were developed along the fringe of Chestnut Hill bordering Springfield Township. BUT, although those two precincts vote about 15-85 Democrat, the rest of the precincts are no better than 30-70 Democrat, and most at 20-80.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

I was considering Bryn Mawr as part of the Gladwyne area north of the middle of the township (on a map, draw a line directly across from where the township takes a slight jog on its western boundary. Its roughly 60-40 too. Registration is actually more along the lines of 60-30-10, +/-5 points in those categories. Its rather indistinct in my mind where these specific areas begin and end.

[Torie]

It just reflects the fight over cultural issues. There was a different dynamic back then, with protectionism and racism and the detritus of the civil war in play. I suspect that this cultural conflict will fade in time, as compromises are found, however difficult. But probably the mean income gap between Bush and Kerry voters was smaller than in any election between a Republican and Democrat in history - ever (the South back then was dirt poor, which distorts the numbers admittedly), and maybe the median income gap as well, althought that is more iffy.

[all4one]

Wow...nice site. Thanks for going into the belly of the beast on election day.

[Tribune7]

Call me crazy but if Toomey were on the ticket it might have made a difference. Bush lost the Northeast and Lehigh Valley too. I think Pat could have switched 100,000 votes.

At least he would have campaigned for Dubya.

[Tribune7]

Bryn Mawr is a postal address not a municipality. Most of it is in Radnor Township (Delaware County). A little is in Haverford Township.

Ironically most places that have a Haverford P.O. are in Lower Merion.

[Torie]

Ya, probably crazy. Toomey would have probably lost, and certainly would not have affected the presidency count much.