Politics & Government

Roxborough, Manayunk Biden Donors Outweigh Trump Donors: Report

A New York Times report shows how much money President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are raising by ZIP code.

ROXBOROUGH-MANAYUNK, PHILADELPHIA — In a few months' time, Americans will cast ballots for the President of the United States. In the ramp up to the Nov. 3 election, with President Donald Trump facing former Vice President Joe Biden, campaigns have been and still are raising funds.

But who is raising more money where?

A new report from the New York Times breaks down which ZIP codes are raising more money for either candidate.

Find out what's happening in Roxborough-Manayunkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

The Times report documents the number of estimated donors by ZIP code from April through June.

So which candidate is raking in the dough in the Roxborough and Manaynk area?

Find out what's happening in Roxborough-Manayunkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

In all Roxborough and Manayunk ZIP codes — 19128 and 19127— Biden has the most donors.

In total, Biden has 459 individual donors in the area and Trump 94.

Roxborough has 404 Biden donors and 87 Trump donors.

In Manayunk, Biden has gotten 55 donors while Trump has just seven.

Overall in Pennsylvania, the Times reports Biden has 66,000 estimated donors compared to Trump's 45,000. Pennsylvania is Biden's home state.

The Philadelphia suburbs recently saw a heavy shift toward voting Democrat with many areas, such as Delaware County, voting in an entirely Democratic county council.

In 2016, suburban Philadelphia was considered a bellwether for the general election.

Trump won 2,970,733 — or 48.18 percent — of the vote in Pennsylvania. Hillary Clinton won 2,926,441 votes — or 47.46 percent — in Pennsylvania.

If the suburbs are still considered a bellwether for November's results, the donor data leans heavily in favor of Biden.

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