Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania is a small community located in Luzerne County. The population of the town is around 1,400 and it has been growing steadily over the years. Although Harveys Lake is a small town, politics play an important role in the town. There are several local political candidates running for office each year. These candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and strive to represent the diverse communities that make up Harveys Lake. They participate in debates and forums at local schools and businesses to discuss their goals and platforms with residents. In addition, local political parties host public events to get out their message and attract support for their candidates. Local elections are often spirited affairs as neighbors and friends come together to support their favorite candidate or party.
The political climate in Harveys Lake, 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
Harveys Lake, 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.
Harveys Lake, 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 Harveys Lake, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 511 contributions totaling $59,359 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 388 contributions totaling $203,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)