Blakely, Pennsylvania is a small town in Lackawanna County. Politically, the town leans towards the Republican Party. Local elections tend to focus on issues related to education, public safety, infrastructure, and community development. In recent years, more emphasis has been placed on protecting the environment and strengthening local businesses. The residents of Blakely are passionate about making their hometown a better place for all its citizens. They vote for candidates who share their values and are dedicated to improving the quality of life in their community. Candidates typically emphasize fiscal responsibility and an open dialogue between citizens and government officials as priorities for change in Blakely.
The political climate in Blakely, 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
Blakely, 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.
Blakely, 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 Blakely, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $32,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $22,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)