East Allen, PA is a small town located in Northampton County. The town has a rich history and is known for its small-town charm. Politically, East Allen is part of Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, and is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Susan Wild. On the state level, East Allen residents are represented in the Pennsylvania State Senate by Lisa Boscola and in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Zach Mako. At the local level, East Allen relies on the Northampton County Board of Commissioners to make decisions that affect their everyday lives; four commissioners serve on this board and are voted on every four years. East Allen also has a Mayor and City Council responsible for setting policies and legislation concerning local matters such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, parks and recreation facilities, land use regulations, and more. All of these officials work together to ensure that East Allen remains an enjoyable place to live.
The political climate in East Allen, 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
East Allen, PA 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.
East Allen, 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 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 East Allen, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,280 contributions totaling $758,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,535 contributions totaling $406,666 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)