Going into the 2020 general election, Whitpain Township had 15,651 registered voters. The election in the township saw 13,434 ballots cast resulting in a turnout of 85.83%. Turnout in 2016 was 80.52% and 78.09% in 2012.
Whitpain 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 1,404 741 16 2 691 456 15 3 593 312 11 4 608 300 18 5 635 370 6 6 628 382 16 7 629 386 3 8 478 292 10 9 783 338 13 10 729 360 14 11 775 408 11 12 550 361 5 Total 8,503 4,706 138
However, there are some interesting things to point out. Joe Biden improved on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 result by 1,550 votes. Donald Trump improved on his vote total from 2016 by 400.
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) 1 1,306 833 2 660 497 3 552 362 4 576 349 5 606 405 6 591 431 7 580 431 8 445 322 9 767 361 10 705 387 11 748 445 12 507 411 Total 8,043 5,234
Incumbent Madeleine Dean (D) garnered 460 fewer votes than Biden. First-time candidate Kathy Barnette outperformed Trump by 528 votes.
Office D Candidate Biden R Candidate Trump Attorney General 8,230 8,503 4,768 4,706 Auditor General 7,489 8,503 5,226 4,706 Treasurer 7,819 8,503 5,060 4,706 State Senator 7,812 8,503 5,354 4,706 State Rep – 148 1,214 8,503 708 4,706 State Rep – 61 6,958 8,503 4,314 4,706
If you look at all the other races, Biden outperformed his fellow Democrats in each race (even when you combine both state representative races). Trump underperformed the other Republicans on the ballot (including combining the state representative races).
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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