Palmer Heights, PA is an area with a rich political history. Local politics are an important part of the town’s culture and identity. It is known for being a strongly conservative area, with local elections often involving candidates from both the Republican and Democratic Parties. In recent years, there have been attempts to diversify the pool of candidates in Palmer Heights, including more independent candidates as well as those from smaller, lesser-known parties. This has allowed for a wider range of political viewpoints to be represented in the town's elections and discussions. Though much of the population remains conservative, this change has opened up opportunities for fresh perspectives on how Palmer Heights should govern itself and interact with its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Palmer Heights, 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
Palmer Heights, 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.
Palmer Heights, 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 Palmer Heights, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 774 contributions totaling $148,829 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 433 contributions totaling $399,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $924 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)