Going into the 2020 general election, Upper Dublin Township had 21,154 registered voters. The election in the township saw 18,374 ballots cast resulting in a turnout of 86.86%. Turnout in 2016 was 82.59% and 80.19% in 2012.
Upper Dublin voters came out big for Democratic Party candidates on the November 3rd election. Democratic Party candidates won the majority of votes in every race on the ballot in the township.
President Biden (D) Trump (R) Jorgensen (L) 1-1 569 223 8 1-2 593 266 10 1-3 585 286 14 2-1 562 288 11 2-2 477 215 3 2-3 806 271 6 3-1 1,108 401 9 3-2 619 401 18 4-1 461 268 7 4-2 785 224 13 4-3 638 241 3 5-1 578 203 5 5-2 703 289 8 5-3 749 261 11 6-1 1,112 392 11 6-2 629 356 6 7-1 574 334 6 7-2 561 306 6 7-3 569 154 7 Total 12,678 5,379 162
However, there are some interesting things to point out. Joe Biden improved on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 result by 2,025 votes. Donald Trump improved on his vote total from 2016 by 334.
In the second biggest race on the ballot, that to represent the vast majority of Montgomery County in the US House of Representatives, Biden outperformed the Democratic Party candidate, while Trump underperformed against the Republican candidate.
US House of Rep Dean (D) Barnette (R) All Precincts 12,045 6,082 Total 12,045 6,082
Incumbent Madeleine Dean (D) garnered 633 fewer votes than Biden. First-time candidate Kathy Barnette outperformed Trump by 703 votes.
Office D Candidate Biden R Candidate Trump Attorney General 12,588 12,678 5,215 5,379 Auditor General 11,197 12,678 6,094 5,379 Treasurer 11,657 12,678 5,914 5,379 State Senator 14,158 12,678 No candidate 5,379 State Rep – 151 2,748 12,678 2,062 5,379 State Rep – 152 4,532 12,678 2,626 5,379 State Rep – 153 4,332 12,678 908 (Libertarian) 5,379
If you look at all the other races, Biden outperformed his fellow Democrats in all but one race (even when you combine the three state representative races). The exception is the state senate race where there wasn’t a Republican candidate. Trump underperformed against the other Republicans on the ballot, except in the case of the Attorney General race. Note that it’s impossible to compare Trump with the state representative races because one race did not have a Republican candidate).
Note that any comparison to previous results involves 2012 and 2016 official results and 2020 unofficial results. All results from 2020 are unofficial and were taken from the Montgomery County election dashboard.
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