Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kua tū a Philadelphia ki ngā huihuinga ā-motu, tae atu ki 1848 (Whig), 1856 (Republican), 1872 (Republican), 1900 (Republican), 1936 (Democratic), 1940 (Republican),
1948 (Republican), 1948 (Progressive), 2000 (Republican), me te 2016 (Democratic). Kua noho a Philadelphia ki tetahi perehitini tuarua, a George M. Dallas, me tetahi rangatira o te Pakanga a-Rohe, a George B. McClellan, i toa i te whakaingoatanga a tana roopu mo te perehitini engari i hinga i te pooti nui ki a Abraham Lincoln i te tau 1864. I te Haratua 2019, i kowhiria e te Perehitini Tuarua o Amerika a Joe Biden a Philadelphia hei tari matua mo tana kaupapa perehitini mo te US 2020.