Scranton, Pennsylvania is an important political center in the US. Every four years the city experiences a rush of activity and attention during presidential elections. It's also home to many local elected officials and is home to the Lackawanna County Courthouse. The mayor of Scranton is Paige Cognetti, who was elected in 2019 after her predecessor resigned. Cognetti has made it a priority to focus on fiscal responsibility, economic development, and improving public safety within the city. Several other officials make up the government of Scranton including a City Council President, City Controller, and City Treasurer. All these officials are dedicated to ensuring that the people of Scranton have access to services needed for a successful and prosperous city.
The political climate in Scranton, 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
Scranton, 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.
Scranton, 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 Scranton, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,979 contributions totaling $1,580,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 809 contributions totaling $432,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $535 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)