Hazleton, Pennsylvania is a small city in Luzerne County with a population of around 25,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Jeff Cusat. At the local level, Hazleton has two wards overseen by City Council Members who are elected by the citizens every four years. The area also hosts several state representatives and senators at the regional level. As of 2020, State Senator John Yudichak represents district 14 which includes parts of Hazleton. Locally, citizens can get involved in politics by attending City Council meetings or getting involved with various political campaigns throughout the year. Furthermore, there are many opportunities to volunteer in local community programs that support education and development in Hazleton.
The political climate in Hazleton, 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
Hazleton, 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.
Hazleton, 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 Hazleton, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $23,153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $90,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)