The politics in 18080 Slatington, PA are marked by a strong sense of local participation. Residents of this small town take an active part in civic affairs and elect representatives to serve on the local government board. The board is responsible for setting policies that affect the community and making decisions that will benefit all residents. Local elections are held regularly and candidates from both major parties have a chance to earn the support of their fellow Slatingtonians. Candidates present their platform and ideas for ways to improve life in 18080 Slatington, PA through debates, interviews, and other forms of communication with the people they would represent. With a strong commitment to local involvement, residents strive to ensure that their voices are heard as they make collective decisions about their future.
The political climate in Zip 18080 (Slatington, PA) is leaning liberal.
Lehigh County, PA is leaning liberal. In Lehigh County, PA 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lehigh county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 45.5%.
Lehigh county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18080 (Slatington, PA) is leaning liberal.
Slatington, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Slatington, Pennsylvania: d d D d d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 18080 (Slatington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $9,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $11,878 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)