Bangor, PA is a small city located in Northampton County with an estimated population of 5,807 people as of 2019. This historic city has a diverse political landscape that shapes the lives of its residents. With its local elections occurring this November, 18013 Bangor, PA residents will have the chance to make their voices heard by selecting candidates that they believe best speak to their values and political priorities. As such, prominent local issues such as public transportation, education, health care and economic development will come to the forefront of the debate leading up to Election Day. Residents should research these candidates and think carefully about who they choose to represent them in their local government. With all this in mind, it is clear that 18013 Bangor’s politics are sure to be an interesting topic of conversation this election season.
The political climate in Zip 18013 (Bangor, PA) is leaning 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
Zip 18013 (Bangor, PA) is leaning conservative.
Bangor, Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Bangor, 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 18013 (Bangor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 233 contributions totaling $20,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $39,723 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)