The 18102 zip code of Allentown, Pennsylvania is located in the Lehigh Valley region and is home to a diverse population of over 47,000 residents. Allentown is a historically rich city with a long political history that dates back to the 19th century. The city has a number of local politicians that represent its citizens in various capacities. Allentown's mayor is Ed Pawlowski who was elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010 and 2014. He has focused on reducing crime, improving education, creating jobs, and revitalizing infrastructure during his tenure as mayor. There are also several City Council members that make up the legislative body for Allentown. They help create laws and regulations that affect the citizens of Allentown including passing budgets, setting tax rates, and reviewing zoning plans. The State Representatives for PA House District 132 are Peter Schweyer and Mike Schlossberg who both have focused their efforts on improving public safety, reducing poverty levels, increasing workforce development opportunities, and updating aging infrastructure throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 18102 (Allentown, PA) is somewhat 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 18102 (Allentown, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Allentown, Pennsylvania is somewhat 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.
Allentown, 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 18102 (Allentown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 362 contributions totaling $39,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $19,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)