The politics of 18055 Hellertown, PA is focused on creating a safe and vibrant community. Local politicians are highly involved in the decision-making process and work to ensure that their constituents receive quality services. They also support local businesses and strive to keep taxes low for citizens. In addition, they foster strong relationships with neighboring townships and actively participate in regional development initiatives. Through these collaborations, they are able to bring resources into the area that help bolster the economy and improve quality of life for residents. Hellertown is a small town with big dreams, and its political leaders have a vested interest in ensuring that those dreams come to fruition.
The political climate in Zip 18055 (Hellertown, PA) is leaning conservative.
Northampton County, PA is leaning liberal. In Northampton County, PA 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Northampton county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.9%.
Northampton county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18055 (Hellertown, PA) is leaning conservative.
Hellertown, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Northampton 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.
Hellertown, Pennsylvania: d d D d r 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 18055 (Hellertown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 382 contributions totaling $32,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $33,537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)