Pocono Woodland Lakes, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the Pocono Mountains. It is a rural area with limited access to larger cities and resources such as hospitals and educational institutions. The politics in Pocono Woodland Lakes are largely based on local issues that affect the community. These include things like zoning laws, infrastructure development, road maintenance, and the need for additional services like public transportation. Local elections primarily focus on candidates who can best serve the needs of the community and work to improve quality of life. Candidates must demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment, creating economic opportunities, providing access to health care services, supporting education initiatives, and promoting public safety. As such, it is important for residents of Pocono Woodland Lakes to stay informed about their local candidates and the issues they support. With everyone’s help, Pocono Woodland Lakes can continue to be a vibrant community for years to come.
The political climate in Pocono Woodland Lakes, PA is moderately conservative.
Pike County, PA is moderately conservative. In Pike County, PA 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 40.0%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pocono Woodland Lakes, PA is moderately conservative.
Pike County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pocono Woodland Lakes, 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 Pocono Woodland Lakes, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 763 contributions totaling $102,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $43,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)