Laporte Borough, Pennsylvania is a small town situated in the northern part of the state. The borough is governed by a mayor and six council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The mayor is responsible for ensuring that all laws are enforced and that all municipal services are provided, including police protection, water supply, and sewage disposal. The council is responsible for setting tax rates and other financial matters. In addition to managing local affairs, the government also works closely with state representatives to address issues that affect citizens of Laporte Borough and the state as a whole. Residents of Laporte Borough are passionate about their politics and take an active role in engaging with government officials to ensure their voices are heard. They understand that their votes can make a difference in how their city operates and they take pride in taking part in local elections when candidates come up for selection.
The political climate in Laporte, PA is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, PA is very conservative. In Sullivan County, PA 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.6%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laporte, PA is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania 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.
Laporte, 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 Laporte, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)