Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania is a community that is highly engaged in political conversations and actions. Local voter turnout for both national and local elections tends to be higher than the state average due to the passionate citizens of the area. Hanover Township is part of Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district and is represented by Congresswoman Susan Wild. There are many active candidates running for local office each election cycle with a wide range of views and policies that can cater to all members of the community. The township also features several clubs and organizations dedicated to advocacy around topics such as education, health care, climate change, and more. These groups often hold events or meetings to discuss politics in their respective areas and organize activities around raising awareness on issues that affect the township.
The political climate in Hanover township (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
Hanover township (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.
Hanover township (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 Hanover township (Northampton County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,017 contributions totaling $1,536,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,746 contributions totaling $1,537,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $881 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)