The borough of Northampton, PA is an area of rich political history and culture. It has a Council-Manager form of government, which means that the town is governed by an elected Council consisting of seven members. The Mayor presides over the Council meetings and is elected in a general election. The Council works closely with the Town Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the borough. Local elections are held for various positions such as mayor, council members, and other important offices. Community involvement is also highly encouraged throughout Northampton borough, as many volunteers help to support the town’s political efforts in areas such as voter registration drives, committee advocacy, and more. Northampton borough continually strives to ensure that its citizens are represented in local politics in a fair and balanced manner.
The political climate in Northampton borough (Northampton County), 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
Northampton borough (Northampton County), 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.
Northampton borough (Northampton County), 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 Northampton borough (Northampton County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $22,582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $9,299 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)