Lehigh County is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, and it is home to a number of vibrant cities and towns. Politically, Lehigh County has a diverse mix of views and opinions. The county is home to two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both parties are represented on the local level through numerous elected officials who serve their communities. These elected officials include representatives from the state legislature, as well as county commissioners, school board members, and other public servants. The citizens of Lehigh County also have many opportunities to get involved in politics by attending town hall meetings or participating in campaigns and elections. In addition to electing representatives to office, citizens can get involved by engaging in community service projects or joining political action committees that support particular policies and candidates.
The political climate in Lehigh County, PA is leaning liberal.
In Lehigh County, PA 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lehigh county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 45.5%.
Lehigh county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lehigh County, PA 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.
Lehigh, Pennsylvania: d d D d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,377 contributions totaling $1,786,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,899 contributions totaling $1,895,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)