A new analysis by The Philadelphia Inquirer found that President-elect Donald Trump’s win last month was helped by gains in working-class communities in Philadelphia’s collar counties, write John Duchneskie, Julia Terruso, and Katie Bernard for The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Trump won 37,000 more votes in the Philadelphia suburbs than in 2020, which is around a third of his total statewide margin. Taking into account Democratic losses, the collar counties pivoted toward Trump by 51,000 votes. 

While he lost three out of four suburban counties, Trump managed to narrowly flip Bucks County, the region’s last purple county. He also flipped four towns in the region that had voted Democratic in both 2016 and 2020: Bensalem, Tullytown, and Penndel in Bucks County and Lower Moreland in Montgomery County. 

Over 200 Philadelphia suburban municipalities shifted more toward Trump, while just 32 became more Democratic, compared to the 2020 presidential election. 

Additionally, more than 1,000 of around 1,400 suburban precincts in the state shifted more toward Republicans, compared to just 304 precincts that shifted Democratic.

Alongside Bucks County, southeast Delaware County recorded a strong movement right. 

Trump performed better in precincts with residents who have lower-than-average incomes and fewer people who hold a bachelor’s degree. 

Read more about how the Philadelphia suburbs helped Trump win in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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