Loyalsock, PA is a small rural town in Lycoming County. Politics in this area tend to follow the traditional Republican leanings of many of its citizens. Local elections are usually hotly contested and tend to bring out a wide range of political views from the population. Voter registration is high in the area, and civic involvement remains important to the local culture. Because of its size, there are no large political organizations that represent the needs of citizens in Loyalsock, leaving it up to individual voices to shape policy and decision making at the local level. With no big names on any ballot, local candidates make sure that their campaigns are well-known so that they can be elected by their constituents.
The political climate in Loyalsock, PA is strongly conservative.
Lycoming County, PA is very conservative. In Lycoming County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lycoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.6%.
Lycoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Loyalsock, PA is strongly conservative.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Williamsport 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.
Loyalsock, 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 Loyalsock, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,784 contributions totaling $282,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,470 contributions totaling $1,253,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $507 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)