The politics of 18507 Moosic, PA are largely shaped by the area's local government and representatives. Moosic is located in Lackawanna County, which is represented in the state legislature by Senator John Blake and Representatives Kyle Mullins and Bridget Malloy Kosierowski. The county is also represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congresswoman Matt Cartwright. Local issues can be addressed through the city council, which consists of five elected members: President Fran Ruggiero, Vice President Ryan Belinksi, Detective Sergeant Chris Lukus, Treasurer Valerie Pugh and Secretary Joseph Naperkowski. As a working-class suburb of Scranton, 18507 Moosic faces many challenges that require leadership and advocacy from our local representatives. In order to ensure that its residents have access to quality public services and infrastructure improvements, it is important for citizens to know who their elected officials are and be engaged in the local political process.
The political climate in Zip 18507 (Moosic, 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
Zip 18507 (Moosic, PA) is leaning liberal.
Moosic, Pennsylvania 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.
Moosic, 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 18507 (Moosic)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $126,258 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $503 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $38,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $528 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)