In 18018 Bethlehem, PA, politics were quite diverse. The town was made up of a number of different religious and cultural backgrounds and had a great deal of social variety. There was a strong sense of community within the town that extended well beyond its political leanings. Political candidates from various backgrounds ran for local office in order to ensure that the citizens of Bethlehem received the best possible representation in government. Although population size is not known, it’s clear that 18018 Bethlehem, PA had plenty of people with many different views on how to move forward politically. All parties involved worked hard to create policies and legislation that would benefit all who called 18018 Bethlehem home.
The political climate in Zip 18018 (Bethlehem, PA) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 18018 (Bethlehem, PA) is leaning liberal.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
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.
Bethlehem, 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 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 zip 18018 (Bethlehem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,423 contributions totaling $823,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $579 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 414 contributions totaling $1,163,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,811 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)