18014 Bath, PA is a small borough located in Northampton County. Home to roughly 3,000 people, it has a sleepy, small-town feel and politics is often not at the top of the conversation topics among residents. While the town does have its own local government and elected officials, there is an emphasis on working together to solve issues instead of relying solely on partisan politics. The current mayor of 18014 Bath, PA is Lori Stauffer who was first elected four years ago. She has focused her efforts on providing better services for local schools and making improvements to the town's infrastructure. The town also boasts two council members who are responsible for creating and managing budgetary plans and enacting new policies that benefit their constituents. Residents of 18014 Bath, PA are generally satisfied with the level of service they receive from their elected officials and are proud to be part of a community that prioritizes teamwork over partisanship.
The political climate in Zip 18014 (Bath, 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 18014 (Bath, PA) is leaning conservative.
Bath, 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.
Bath, 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 18014 (Bath)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 398 contributions totaling $22,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $23,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)