Slatington, PA is a small town located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is home to a variety of businesses and organizations that make up the local community. Slatington has an active political scene with a number of locals involved in the political process. Residents of Slatington proudly participate in elections at all levels, from National and State elections to Local races including City Council and School Board positions. The local candidates running for office strive to represent their constituents’ values and interests in government decisions through their various platforms. Slatington citizens are dedicated to staying informed on current issues, attending debates, and showing support for candidates they believe will best serve their community. In this way, Slatington remains an active part of the political process both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Slatington, 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
Slatington, PA 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.
Slatington, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Slatington, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $9,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $11,878 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)