Mayfield, PA is a small town located in the northeastern part of the state. It is home to a close-knit community that takes pride in their local government and politics. Political candidates in Mayfield focus on issues such as poverty, job growth, public safety, and education. They make sure to prioritize helping those living in poverty have access to educational and economic opportunities that will help them build a better future. The local political candidates also strive to create more jobs and businesses in the area and work towards increasing public safety through increased police presence and improved infrastructure. Local residents take an active role in participating in the electoral process by voting for their preferred candidates, attending town hall meetings, and even volunteering for campaigns. Through these efforts, politics remain a major part of life within the Mayfield community.
The political climate in Mayfield, PA is leaning liberal.
Lackawanna County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Lackawanna County, PA 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lackawanna county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 45.2%.
Lackawanna county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mayfield, PA is leaning liberal.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
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.
Mayfield, Pennsylvania: D D 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 Mayfield, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $29,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $10,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)