Moosic, Pennsylvania is a borough located in Lackawanna County, just outside of Scranton. The town is home to a variety of local government and political initiatives. Moosic residents are represented by the entire Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners which sets policy for the county. In addition, there are several elected city-level positions such as mayor, treasurer and council members that are voted on by the citizens of Moosic. Elections happen every two years for these positions and the local political candidates run on various platforms to represent their constituents cause effectively. The Borough Council meets monthly to discuss current issues as well as budgeting for future projects or initiatives within the town. Moosic's government strives to serve its diverse population with fair policies and institutional guidance that makes it a great place to live.
The political climate in Moosic, PA is leaning liberal.
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
Moosic, PA is leaning liberal.
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.
Moosic, 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 Moosic, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,133 contributions totaling $311,813 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $176,449 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $751 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)