Macungie is a small borough located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. While Macungie is certainly not a hotbed of political activity, it still has an active and involved local government. The borough council consists of seven members elected at large to serve four-year terms. They provide overall direction and policy setting for the administration of the borough’s affairs. In addition, the mayor is elected every four years and appoints department heads who oversee various areas of responsibility such as public safety, parks and recreation, infrastructure, finances, building regulations, economic development and more. The citizens of Macungie are able to make their voices heard by attending meetings or submitting feedback to their representatives. This ensures that everyone has the opportunity to be heard and that the decisions made by local government are reflective of the desires of its citizens.
The political climate in Macungie, 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
Macungie, PA 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.
Macungie, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Macungie, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 593 contributions totaling $87,833 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 428 contributions totaling $74,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)