The politics in Edwardsville, PA are quite lively and active. The town is involved in many local initiatives and has a strong sense of civic engagement from its citizens. Edwardsville's local government consists of a mayor, five council members, and various appointed officials. These officials strive to serve the best interests of the community and work hard to ensure quality services for all residents. Local elections are held every November to select new representatives, and the voter turnout is consistently high. Recently, there have been several propositions on the ballot related to public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, environmental protection measures ,and other matters important to the community. Citizens are deeply involved in these issues and actively voice their opinions through both traditional campaigns such as phone banking and door knocking as well as more modern methods such as social media campaigns. It’s clear that Edwardsville’s citizens take great pride in their town and strive for progress through political action.
The political climate in Edwardsville, PA is leaning 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
Edwardsville, PA is leaning 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.
Edwardsville, 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 Edwardsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,012 contributions totaling $267,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 377 contributions totaling $124,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)