Shickshinny, PA is a small borough in Luzerne County located along the Susquehanna River. It is a rural community with a population of around 2,000 people. The political makeup of Shickshinny is diverse and includes both Democrats and Republicans. Every two years, the citizens of Shickshinny vote for local candidates who run on platforms related to improving their quality of life. In recent years, many local issues have been brought up in Shickshinny such as increasing economic development opportunities, improving education services, and protecting local environment and natural resources from pollution. The candidates running for office regularly meet with constituents to hear their concerns and promises to act on them if elected. As the residents of this small town show their dedication to making positive changes through their voting decisions, it has become clear that they are passionate about making improvements within their community.
The political climate in Shickshinny, PA is somewhat conservative.
Luzerne County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Luzerne County, PA 42.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Luzerne county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.3%.
Luzerne county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shickshinny, PA is somewhat conservative.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
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.
Shickshinny, Pennsylvania: d d d d R R
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 Shickshinny, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $911 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $5,976 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)