Upper Mount Bethel, PA is a small rural township in Northampton County, PA. It is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors as well as a number of committees and boards. All political decisions are made democratically, with all citizens having the right to vote in elections. Currently, the Upper Mount Bethel Supervisors are led by Chairman Richard Dettore and Vice-Chairman Jack Groff. The board meets every month to discuss various issues concerning the town and its inhabitants. In addition, the Township holds several public hearings throughout the year on topics such as zoning and land development regulations. Upper Mount Bethel also has an active Political Action Committee that engages in advocacy activities related to local issues. Overall, Upper Mount Bethel offers residents an opportunity to be an engaged citizenry through voting and participating in their local government's decision making processes.
The political climate in Upper 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
Upper 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.
Upper 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 Upper Mount Bethel, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 354 contributions totaling $34,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 221 contributions totaling $52,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)