St. Lawrence, PA is a small town with a unique political climate. For many years, the town has been governed by a mayor and city council, which are elected by local citizens every two years. The current mayor of St. Lawrence is William Johnson, and the current members of the city council are Cynthia Jones, David Smith, and Rebecca Davis. The politics in St. Lawrence are mainly focused on local issues such as economic development, transportation infrastructure, public safety, education reform and regional collaboration. Local elections are usually low-key affairs but provide an opportunity for citizens to make their voices heard regarding important matters affecting their community. With the help of committed leaders like Mayor Johnson and his team of city council members, St. Lawrence is able to continue to thrive and grow into a vibrant community that values its citizens’ input when it comes to making decisions that will benefit them in the long run.
The political climate in St. Lawrence, PA is leaning conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Lawrence, PA is leaning conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading 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.
St. Lawrence, Pennsylvania: r r d 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 St. Lawrence, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,164 contributions totaling $221,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 267 contributions totaling $31,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)