Carbondale Township, PA is a small town located in Lackawanna County. It is home to a diverse population of individuals who care deeply about the politics of their community. Local elections are always hotly contested, as citizens have strong opinions on how local government should be run and what issues should be addressed. Recently, Carbondale Township has seen an influx of younger residents who are passionate about reforming the political landscape by focusing on environmental protection, educational opportunities, and economic development. The candidates running for office in Carbondale often have very different views on these topics, giving voters plenty to think about when deciding who they want to lead the town. Election season is always exciting and full of passionate debate in Carbondale, making it clear that the people living in this small Pennsylvania township take their civic duty seriously.
The political climate in Carbondale township, 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
Carbondale township, 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.
Carbondale township, 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 Carbondale township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 561 contributions totaling $57,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $16,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)