Conyngham Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is a municipality of approximately 8,000 people. Located in the northeast part of the county, Conyngham Township has its own Board of Commissioners, which serves as the governing body for local politics. The Board is made up of three elected officials who serve for overlapping terms. These individuals are responsible for enacting laws and regulations that maintain the health and safety of community members as well as making sure that local funds are used responsibly. They also interact with elected representatives at the state and county levels to ensure that the needs of Conyngham Township residents are addressed at all levels. Additionally, they hear from local organizations and citizens on issues important to Conyngham Township. Overall, the Board works hard to ensure the best interests of all community members are represented in their decision-making processes.
The political climate in Conyngham township, PA is somewhat 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
Conyngham township, PA is somewhat 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.
Conyngham township, 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 Conyngham township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $3,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $12,973 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)