Lynn, PA is a small town located in the Northeastern part of Pennsylvania. It has a population of about 5,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current Mayor is James W. Toth who was first elected in 2011 and is currently on his third term in office. The council consists of eight members who are elected by the citizens every four years. Each member serves on various committees including finance, public safety, health and human services, economic development, parks and recreation, community engagement and infrastructure. Political issues facing Lynn include budget deficits due to declining state funding, increasing demand for services such as public safety personnel and infrastructure repair due to aging roads and bridges. Lynn also faces issues related to economic development, such as providing incentives for businesses to locate in the area or making sure existing businesses remain viable in order to maintain a stable economy. Residents of Lynn have the opportunity to participate in local politics by voting for candidates during elections held every four years or attending City Council meetings when representatives from their ward are discussing an issue that affects their community.
The political climate in Lynn, PA is leaning conservative.
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
Lynn, PA is leaning conservative.
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.
Lynn, 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 Lynn, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 455 contributions totaling $37,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 334 contributions totaling $46,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)