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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