Clarks Summit is a small borough located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Scranton-Wilkes Barre metropolitan area and has a population of just over 5,000 people. The town is home to many local business and has a close knit community atmosphere. In terms of politics, Clarks Summit operates under the Pennsylvania state government and those elected into office serve the entire county. Currently, there are several elected officials from the area, including county Commissioner Laureen Cummings, Representative Michael Carroll, and Senator John Blake who all hold important positions in the state government. With such a small community, it can be difficult to get involved politically but there are still plenty of opportunities for citizens to participate and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Clarks Summit, 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
Clarks Summit, 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.
Clarks Summit, 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 Clarks Summit, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,968 contributions totaling $449,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $191,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $488 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)