Plains Township, PA is a suburban area located near Wilkes-Barre. It is governed by the Plains Township Council, which consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. The council oversees the administration and management of the township’s operations and ensures that the local laws are followed. The township also has elected officials such as the Supervisor, Tax Collector and Treasurer who are responsible for their respective duties within the township. Additionally, each year, Plains Township holds an election to determine local representatives in several offices such as Congress, State Senate and House of Representatives. These elections give citizens in Plains Township an opportunity to exercise their right to vote and have a say in how their community is governed.
The political climate in Plains township, PA is somewhat conservative.
Luzerne County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Luzerne County, PA 42.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Luzerne county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.3%.
Luzerne county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plains township, PA is somewhat conservative.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
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.
Plains township, Pennsylvania: d d d d 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 Plains township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,775 contributions totaling $360,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 697 contributions totaling $232,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)