The politics in 18036 Coopersburg, PA are largely shaped by the local government of Lehigh County. The county is currently represented on the Board of Commissioners by three Republicans and four Democrats. Each member has been elected to serve a four-year term, with elections held recently in 2019. As such, most decisions affecting residents in Coopersburg come from the county level of government. However, there are also state and federal representatives to consider when looking at the politics of this area. Representative Susan Wild (D) represents the 7th District in the US House of Representatives, while Senator Pat Browne (R) serves for Pennsylvania's 16th District. Locally, Coopersburg is represented by Michael Schware on Lehigh County Council who was re-elected in 2019 to serve a four year term until 2023.
The political climate in Zip 18036 (Coopersburg, PA) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 18036 (Coopersburg, PA) is leaning liberal.
Coopersburg, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Lehigh 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.
Coopersburg, 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 zip 18036 (Coopersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 465 contributions totaling $44,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $63,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)