Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Philadelphia yakaita kokorodzano dzenyika dzakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira muna 1848 (Whig), 1856 (Republican), 1872 (Republican), 1900 (Republican), 1936 (Democratic), 1940 (Republican),
1948 (Republican), 1948 (Progressive), 2000 (Republican), uye 2016 (Democratic). Philadelphia yave iri musha kune mumwe mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika, George M. Dallas, uye mumwe mukuru weHondo yeVanhu, George B. McClellan, uyo akakunda kusarudzwa kwebato rake kuti ave mutungamiri wenyika asi akarasikirwa musarudzo huru kuna Abraham Lincoln muna 1864. Muna Chivabvu 2019, aimbova Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri weUS Joe Biden akasarudza Philadelphia kuti ive yake 2020 US mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika.