Philly suburbs record highest off-year voter turnout since 2011

Pennsylvania’s status as a premier battleground state usually forces it under the microscope. Time and time again, Philadelphia’s suburbs have proven to be a bellwether for national politics.

This year, even without a presidential, gubernatorial or congressional race on the ballot, voters in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties showed up in droves.

“I think this election shows that people care about local power,” Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija said. “They understand the importance of local leadership and how the positions that candidates were running for in this election really do matter to people’s lives.”

The highest profile races in Pennsylvania were statewide retention votes on three state Supreme Court justices — yet Philadelphia’s collar counties saw their highest voter turnout for an off-year election cycle dating back to 2011.



https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-election-2025-philadelphia-suburbs-voter-turnout/