Plymouth Meeting, PA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Plymouth Meeting

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Plymouth Meeting leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican.

 

About 90% of adults in Plymouth Meeting typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Plymouth Meeting, ~53% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Plymouth Meeting compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Plymouth Meeting leans more Democratic than 158 of 252 neighbors.

Plymouth Meeting runs about 21 points more Democratic than Pennsylvania as a whole. Pennsylvania is roughly evenly split, and Plymouth Meeting sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Plymouth Meeting. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+27) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+14), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Plymouth Meeting leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Plymouth Meeting, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. About 93% of residents in Plymouth Meeting live in densely developed areas, about 57 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Plymouth Meeting sits in the top quarter (about 54%, above 95% of cities). Plymouth Meeting runs against the grain of Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Plymouth Meeting, PA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Plymouth Meeting looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Plymouth Meeting is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.