The small town of Waverly, PA has a thriving local politics scene. The community is governed by a mayor and city council, who are elected to represent the needs of the residents. Citizens take part in elections to select candidates that best reflect their values and goals for the town. Voter participation is high due to the fact that local issues directly affect the quality of life for those living there. Local political parties are also active in the community, ensuring that all points of view are heard and considered when making decisions about issues that affect Waverly. The involvement of citizens in their local government helps foster a strong connection between elected officials and residents, allowing for greater transparency and accountability in policy decisions.
The political climate in Waverly, PA is leaning conservative.
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
Waverly, PA is leaning conservative.
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.
Waverly, 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 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 Waverly, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,828 contributions totaling $865,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 467 contributions totaling $255,186 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $546 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)