DeSales University, located in Center Valley, PA, is a private Catholic university that prides itself on its religious roots and values. The campus houses over 3,000 students from all walks of life. Although the university is not directly involved in local politics, it does have an active student government and actively encourages student engagement and participation in politics through clubs and organizations. The Political Science Club at DeSales serves to educate the student body about current issues and provides an outlet to participate in meaningful dialogue and activities related to issues at the state and national level. Through this club, students are given an opportunity to bridge the gap between theory and reality by engaging with local political candidates and becoming engaged citizens of their community. This helps create a more informed campus environment where students can think critically about current issues while brainstorming creative solutions to address them.
The political climate in DeSales University, 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
DeSales University, 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.
DeSales University, 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 DeSales University, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $385,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,235 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 303 contributions totaling $291,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $963 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)