The politics of Lehigh Township, located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, is guided by the local government officials who are elected by the residents of the township. The seven-member Board of Supervisors oversees the activities and services provided by Lehigh Township, guiding the development of policies that will ensure a high quality of life within the township. The Supervisors serve four-year terms and are responsible for developing budgets and ordinances as well as appointing members to various commissions and committees. Additionally, there is a professional staff which includes a manager, engineer, secretary/treasurer and solicitor. All policy decisions are voted on by these elected officials in order to best serve the needs of those living in Lehigh Township. The local political candidates running for office must demonstrate their commitment to this community and its citizens while promoting an efficient government capable of responding quickly to local issues.
The political climate in Lehigh township (Wayne County), PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, PA is very conservative. In Wayne County, PA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lehigh township (Wayne County), PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Lehigh township (Wayne County), Pennsylvania: R R R R R R
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 Lehigh township (Wayne County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,539 contributions totaling $187,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 467 contributions totaling $61,891 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)