Nazareth, PA is located in Northampton County and is home to around 5,700 people. The local government of Nazareth consists of the Mayor's Office, the Borough Council, and several boards and commissions. The Mayor is elected every four years and the Borough Council members are elected every two years. The current Mayor of Nazareth is Freddrick J. Williams who was elected in 2020. The Borough Council consists of seven members from seven different wards who represent their constituents in all matters concerning the town. They also serve as liaisons to various boards and commissions including Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board, Historical Commission, Library Board of Directors, Parks & Recreation Board, Shade Tree Commission and Stoneridge Community Association. Each board or commission has its own role and responsibilities related to the governance of Nazareth. Through these boards and commissions, residents can participate in local government decision-making processes that affect their lives directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Nazareth, PA is leaning liberal.
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
Nazareth, PA is leaning liberal.
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.
Nazareth, 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 Nazareth, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,117 contributions totaling $82,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 364 contributions totaling $94,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)