The politics in 18346 Pocono Summit, PA are largely influenced by the local community and its residents. Elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the entire city and surrounding areas. These decisions range from how public funds are spent to which laws should be enacted. The current mayor is Joe Floyd, who has been in office since 2018 and works hard to maintain an open dialogue with his constituents. Local politicians also work hard to ensure that all citizens have a voice in their government, regardless of age or political background. With the help of its devoted citizens, Pocono Summit is able to strive for a better future for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Zip 18346 (Pocono Summit, PA) is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, PA is leaning liberal. In Monroe County, PA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 46.1%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18346 (Pocono Summit, PA) is leaning liberal.
Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
East Stroudsburg Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania: r r 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 18346 (Pocono Summit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $1,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $6,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)