Lamar, PA is a small town located in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania. Politically, the town is represented by local and state politicians who are primarily Democrats. The current mayor is Connie Harris, who was elected in 2016 and has served for two terms. On the local level, Lamar residents have several elected officials that serve their community’s interests. These include representatives from the school board, city council, and various other committees. State representatives from Lamar are Senator Lyle Williams and Representatives Mark Longietti and Richard Stevenson. All of these politicians work hard to ensure that the needs of Lamar’s citizens are met in both local and state issues.
The political climate in Lamar, PA is very conservative.
Clinton County, PA is very conservative. In Clinton County, PA 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 31.2%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lamar, PA is very conservative.
Clinton County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Lock Haven Metro Area is very 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.
Lamar, Pennsylvania: r R r R 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 Lamar, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 344 contributions totaling $17,956 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $24,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)