The small town of Hollenback, PA is home to a vibrant political scene. With a population of just over 1,000 citizens, the town regularly sees contested races for various local offices. With no incumbents running in the most recent election, members of the community had the opportunity to introduce new ideas on how to best move their beloved hometown forward. Candidates from both major and minor parties put forth their plans for making improvements in areas such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and educational opportunities. After a hard-fought campaign season full of debates and conversations with residents, four Hollenback natives were elected to serve as city councilors. The councilors now work together to make decisions that will have lasting positive effects on the town.
The political climate in Hollenback, PA is moderately 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
Hollenback, PA is moderately 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.
Hollenback, 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 Hollenback, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $2,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $4,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)