In 18042 Easton, PA, politics is an important part of community life. Local elections often draw attention and participation from residents of the area. The city is currently governed by a Mayor-Council government structure, with seven members on the council and a mayor who is elected to serve in that role for four year terms. Various political parties are represented in the city, including Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. Residents of Easton can participate in local politics by voting during local elections and attending meetings or events held by their representatives. Additionally, residents may get involved in local campaigns to support their candidates or speak out on issues that directly affect them or their community.
The political climate in Zip 18042 (Easton, 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 18042 (Easton, PA) is leaning liberal.
Easton, 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.
Easton, 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 18042 (Easton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,496 contributions totaling $145,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $44,249 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)