East Stroudsburg, PA is a small city located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. It has an interesting political landscape due to its close proximity to both New York and New Jersey. While the residents of East Stroudsburg are mainly registered as Democrats, there is still a mix of political ideologies expressed within the city. At the local level, candidates running for office in East Stroudsburg often focus on issues like economic development, environmental protection, education reform, and public safety. As with any other area in Pennsylvania, voter turnout is crucial for a successful election season and candidates need strong support from their constituents to be successful. Although population figures are not available here, it is clear that East Stroudsburg has a politically active population that will continue to influence policymaking decisions within the region.
The political climate in East Stroudsburg, PA is somewhat 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
East Stroudsburg, PA is somewhat 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.
East Stroudsburg, 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 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 East Stroudsburg, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 710 contributions totaling $72,014 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $32,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)