The township of Macungie, Pennsylvania is located in Lehigh County and has a rich political history. In 18062, the local government is run by a Board of Supervisors and a Mayor. The local Board of Supervisors are responsible for making decisions that affect the township and its residents on a day-to-day basis. They also serve as representatives of the community to the county and state governments. This board is composed of five members who are elected to four-year terms by the residents of 18062 Macungie. The mayor serves as head executive for the town and is also elected by popular vote every four years. Over more than two centuries, many prominent politicians have come from this area, making it an important part of Pennsylvania's political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 18062 (Macungie, 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 18062 (Macungie, PA) is leaning liberal.
Macungie, 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.
Macungie, 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 18062 (Macungie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 593 contributions totaling $87,833 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 428 contributions totaling $74,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)