Tunkhannock Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania is an area well-known for its politics. Home to a wide variety of interesting and influential political figures, the township has been captivating residents and visitors for years. In addition to local elections, many of the citizens in the area take part in national debates as well. A few of the notable politicians from Tunkhannock Township include former Governor Milton Shapp and current U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright. The township takes pride in having such noteworthy people involved in their community and actively works to ensure that their voices are heard on both a local and national level. As with most areas, there are a variety of opinions on various topics throughout Tunkhannock Township which encourages lively discussions about important issues amongst its citizens.
The political climate in Tunkhannock township (Monroe County), PA is leaning conservative.
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
Tunkhannock township (Monroe County), PA is leaning conservative.
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.
Tunkhannock township (Monroe County), 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 Tunkhannock township (Monroe County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 940 contributions totaling $33,537 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 177 contributions totaling $51,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)