Ross Township is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and is home to a diverse group of citizens. The township is governed by a Board of Supervisors who are elected at-large for six year terms. Depending on the current needs of the township, each supervisor has specialized areas such as planning and zoning, public safety, services and finance that they concentrate on. Residents in Ross Township are very involved with their local politics and make sure to vote in any township election to ensure that their voices are heard. The Democratic Party and Republican Party both have strong presences in the area and it is common for residents to be affiliated with one or both of these organizations. It is important that all citizens stay informed about political issues so they can participate in making positive changes to their community.
The political climate in Ross township (Luzerne County), PA is moderately 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
Ross township (Luzerne County), PA is moderately 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.
Ross township (Luzerne County), 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 Ross township (Luzerne County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $3,209 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $16,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)