Newtown Presidential Election Results: Trump Down From 2016

NEWTOWN, PA — Just as President Donald Trump's victory in Pennsylvania was decisive in the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, so was former Vice President Joe Biden's in the Keystone State.

The Associated Press and other major news outlets called the race for Biden on Saturday, climaxing a heated battle for control of the White House, unfolding during a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 230,000 Americans.

The state's 20 electoral votes were enough to push Biden over the required 270 votes needed to win the presidential election.

President Trump's defeat in Pennsylvania on Saturday was in contrast to his performance in 2016, when he won the state by 44,000 votes by defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Both Newtown Borough and Newtown Township leaned Democratic in 2016 and 2020, but not to an extreme degree, according to voter tallies from the Bucks County Board of Elections as of Monday afternoon.

It should be noted that Bucks County has a few thousand remaining mail-in and absentee ballots left to be counted, so the 2020 figures listed below are unofficial and uncertified totals:

Newtown Borough

In 2020, the borough has recorded 1,086 Biden votes (63 percent) compared with Trump's 639 votes (37 percent). In the 2016 presidential election, the borough recorded 891 votes for Clinton compared to 554 votes for Trump, a roughly 11 percent margin of victory for the Democratic candidate

Newtown Township

2020: 7,670 votes (58 percent) were cast for Biden and 5,614 votes (42 percent) were cast for Trump. In 2016, Clinton secured 6,458 votes (55 percent) compared to Trump's 5,168 votes (45 percent).

Total - Newtown Area

Adding up totals from voting precincts in Newtown Borough and Newtown Township, Biden received 8,756 votes compared to Trump's 6,168 votes, or about 58 percent of the vote.

In 2016, Clinton received a combined 7,349 borough and township votes compared to Trump's 5,722 votes, or about 56 percent of the vote.

Countywide

In 2016, Bucks County cast 167,060 votes for Clinton, and 164,371 votes for Trump. In 2020, Biden has thus far enjoyed a slightly wider margin of victory, with 199,760 votes compared to Trump's 183,440 votes.

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