Penn Estates, PA is a small community located in the north-eastern part of Pennsylvania. The town is largely comprised of residential housing and is known for its close knit and friendly atmosphere. Though Penn Estates is not large enough to have its own mayor or city council, it nevertheless has strong political ties within the local area. Members of the community are involved in state and national politics, often engaging in activities such as volunteering on campaigns and attending town meetings. Residents also take an active role in political discourse by participating in online forums and regularly voting for local representatives. Overall, Penn Estates is home to a politically active population that takes a vested interest in their local government.
The political climate in Penn Estates, PA is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, PA is leaning liberal. In Monroe County, PA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 46.1%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Penn Estates, PA is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
East Stroudsburg Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Penn Estates, 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 Penn Estates, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,420 contributions totaling $144,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $65,738 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)