Ashley, PA is a small town located in Luzerne County that has a population of approximately 3,000 people. The town is governed by a Mayor and Council which are elected officials who serve four-year terms. The Mayor is responsible for overseeing all the municipal operations and the Council members enact legislation that affects the people of Ashley. Local elections are held every four years to determine who will serve on the Council and as the Mayor. There have been numerous initiatives over the past several years to improve services in Ashley including infrastructure improvements, increased access to public transportation, and expanded recreational opportunities. Residents of Ashley take pride in their town and actively participate in local issues through voting and civic engagement activities.
The political climate in Ashley, PA is leaning conservative.
Luzerne County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Luzerne County, PA 42.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Luzerne county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.3%.
Luzerne county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashley, PA is leaning conservative.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is somewhat 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.
Ashley, Pennsylvania: d d d d 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 Ashley, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $8,481 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $13,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)