Lower Mount Bethel, PA is a small township located in Northampton County. It has a long history of political involvement and activism. While there are no local elections or political candidates currently running, the township remains politically active. Residents engage in regular discourse on issues such as taxes, housing developments, and other matters of importance to the town. The Lower Mount Bethel community is well-informed about local news and events, and regularly participates in public meetings, forums, and debates. In addition to engaging with local politics, Lower Mount Bethel residents also support their state representatives and senators at higher levels of government. The town takes pride in being a part of the larger Pennsylvania political system, and takes its civic responsibility seriously.
The political climate in Lower Mount Bethel, PA is somewhat 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
Lower Mount Bethel, PA is somewhat 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.
Lower Mount Bethel, 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 Lower Mount Bethel, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,508 contributions totaling $126,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 624 contributions totaling $249,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)