The politics in Lake Township (Luzerne County), PA are largely influenced by the county-wide issues affecting Luzerne County as a whole. The Township is currently represented by Republican Mike Carroll in Pennsylvania’s 115th Legislative District, as well as Democratic U.S. Congressman Matt Cartwright in the 8th Congressional District. In addition to these representatives, members of the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners are elected from each district within the county, including Lake Township. Currently, there is one Republican and one Democrat on this board that represent Lake Township and neighboring communities. In terms of local government, Lake Township has an elected board of supervisors that works to manage township affairs and ensure compliance with various state statutes. These supervisors serve four-year terms and are elected in November of odd numbered years. The current Board of Supervisors for Lake Township consists of five individuals; two Democrats and three Republicans.
The political climate in Lake township (Luzerne County), 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
Lake township (Luzerne County), 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.
Lake township (Luzerne County), 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 Lake township (Luzerne County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 933 contributions totaling $113,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 829 contributions totaling $413,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $498 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)