Big Bass Lake, Pennsylvania is a small community located in the northeastern corner of the state. In terms of politics, the town is represented in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Republican Matthew Dowling. The citizens of Big Bass Lake have also elected him to serve as their Mayor for the past four years. In addition to the local government, Big Bass Lake is part of a larger district that includes nine other townships and boroughs. This district is represented in Congress by Democrat Joe Crowley, who has served since 2010. Because it is a small town, political interests are focused on local issues such as property taxes, education reform, and public safety. At any given time, residents are actively engaged in debate regarding these topics and other important matters that affect the future of Big Bass Lake.
The political climate in Big Bass Lake, PA is leaning conservative.
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
Big Bass Lake, PA is leaning conservative.
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.
Big Bass Lake, 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 Big Bass Lake, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,122 contributions totaling $138,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $45,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)