Lawnton, PA is a small town in the United States with a population of around 5,000 people. It is governed by the Lawnton Town Council, which consists of seven members who serve four-year terms. The Town Council meets twice a month to discuss local issues and make decisions regarding infrastructure, public safety and economic development. Local representatives are elected on a nonpartisan basis every two years, and the current mayor is Joe Smith. Recently, Lawnton has seen an increase in interest for local politics, with more residents becoming involved in their community by running for office and voicing their opinions on important matters. As such, many new faces have recently joined the ranks of local political candidates in Lawnton, though they remain anonymous for the most part as names are not typically released publicly until election time.
The political climate in Lawnton, PA is leaning liberal.
Dauphin County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Dauphin County, PA 53.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dauphin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.4% to 44.9%.
Dauphin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawnton, PA is leaning liberal.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Harrisburg-Carlisle 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.
Lawnton, Pennsylvania: r r d d d d
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 Lawnton, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,517 contributions totaling $156,645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 382 contributions totaling $101,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)