Dickson City, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in Lackawanna County. It is home to a tight knit community of people who take pride in their town and its local politics. While Dickson City does not have any elected officials at the state or national level, it does have a Mayor and Borough Council that are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the borough. The Mayor and Council oversee various issues ranging from public safety to zoning regulations. Additionally, local elections take place every two years in Dickson City and provide residents the opportunity to vote for candidates who they believe will best represent them and their interests. Ultimately, Dickson City's local politics are important to its citizens as they strive to make the borough an even better place to live.
The political climate in Dickson City, PA is leaning liberal.
Lackawanna County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Lackawanna County, PA 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lackawanna county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 45.2%.
Lackawanna county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dickson City, PA is leaning liberal.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre 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.
Dickson City, 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 Dickson City, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 347 contributions totaling $53,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $43,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)