Politics in 18411 Clarks Summit, PA are largely centered around local laws and initiatives. The town is run by a mayor and council members, who are elected to serve four-year terms. Voters have the opportunity to choose from a variety of candidates each election cycle. Over the years, these elections have been hotly contested, with many candidates vying for their constituents' attention and support. In addition to the local government structure, citizens also have the opportunity to get involved with state-level politics. Issues like healthcare, education, infrastructure and taxation are important to those living in 18411 Clarks Summit, PA and residents take an active role in making sure their voices are heard when it comes to these issues.
The political climate in Zip 18411 (Clarks Summit, 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 18411 (Clarks Summit, PA) is leaning liberal.
Clarks Summit, 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.
Clarks Summit, 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 18411 (Clarks Summit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,968 contributions totaling $449,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $191,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $488 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)