Lehighton, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in Carbon County with a population of around 5,000 residents. Lehighton is governed by a seven-member council which makes laws and ordinances for the town. The Council appoints a Borough Manager to oversee daily operations and appointed department officials such as the police chief. Elections are held every four years for the mayor, council members, and tax collector positions. The current mayor is Francis Slattery who was elected in 2019. Local residents are encouraged to get involved in the political process by attending meetings, staying informed on issues, and casting their votes. There are several political organizations in Lehighton that work to educate citizens on elections and advocate for specific issues. Community involvement is essential to keeping Lehighton functioning efficiently and taking care of its citizens' needs.
The political climate in Lehighton, PA is moderately conservative.
Carbon County, PA is very conservative. In Carbon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 33.3%.
Carbon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lehighton, PA is moderately conservative.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
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.
Lehighton, Pennsylvania: d r d r R R
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 Lehighton, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 263 contributions totaling $20,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $104,602 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $737 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)