The Political Climate in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area is Leaning conservative.
In Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area remained slightly Republican, 49.6% to 48.8%.
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000
The BestPlaces Liberal/Conservative Index
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.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania: d r d d r r
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,074 contributions totaling $4,544,889 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,928 contributions totaling $6,746,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $617 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)