Forty Fort, Pennsylvania is an incorporated borough located in Luzerne County. It is bordered by Wilkes-Barre and Kingston townships, and has a population of 4,anton. The local government is made up of a mayor and council members who are elected to serve two year terms. The current mayor is Arthur L. Simms Jr., who was first elected in 2019. The borough's committees include Public Safety, Utilities, Revenue & Finance, Recreation, Roads & Bridges, Planning & Zoning and Personnel. These committees meet regularly to discuss issues relevant to the community and make decisions regarding the town’s policies and programs. Forty Fort also has its own police department that patrols the borough 24/7 and works closely with surrounding communities for mutual assistance when needed. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and council seats. All registered voters in Forty Fort can participate in these elections to help determine the best candidate for each position.
The political climate in Forty Fort, PA is leaning 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
Forty Fort, PA is leaning 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.
Forty Fort, 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 Forty Fort, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,012 contributions totaling $267,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 377 contributions totaling $124,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)