Politics in Meshoppen Borough, PA is an exciting and ever-evolving topic. The borough is part of the larger Wyoming County, which is represented on the county level by several commissioners from various districts. For more local representation, Meshoppen has its own mayor and town council which are elected by the citizens of the township for four year terms. Currently, the mayor is Linda Creveling and there are five council members: Bill Galloway Jr., Rob McAndrews, Bob Dunn Sr., Allen Briggs, and Thomas Klink. All these representatives work together to make decisions that benefit their community as a whole. They are also responsible for enacting borough laws and regulations that help keep Meshoppen safe and prosperous. The citizens of Meshoppen have a great deal of influence over their local government due to the fact that they can get involved in politics through voting in elections, attending town meetings, and voicing concerns or ideas for improvement to their local representatives.
The political climate in Meshoppen, PA is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, PA is very conservative. In Wyoming County, PA 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.6%.
Wyoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meshoppen, PA is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Meshoppen, Pennsylvania: R R r R 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 Meshoppen, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $1,727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $19,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)