Washington Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania is a vibrant community with residents that are passionate about their political views. Elections are actively contested here, and the citizens of Washington Township are deeply engaged in the process. The township has two local representatives on the Northampton County Board of Commissioners, who provide an important link between the county government and voters in Washington Township. Additionally, local elected officials include State Representatives and State Senators from both major political parties. Every election cycle brings new candidates and issues that residents of Washington Township must consider when voting for their preferred candidate or party. With its active involvement in politics, Washington Township provides residents with numerous opportunities to participate in democracy at all levels.
The political climate in Washington township (Northampton County), 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
Washington township (Northampton County), 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.
Washington 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 Washington township (Northampton County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,016 contributions totaling $80,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 536 contributions totaling $145,148 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)