The small town of Towamensing, PA is home to a diverse population full of people from all walks of life. The politics in Towamensing have long been an important aspect of the town's community and culture. In recent years, local elections have grown increasingly competitive as the town has grown in size and complexity. Each election cycle brings out new candidates for mayor, council members, school board members, and other positions of local government. These candidates bring to the table their varied experiences and perspectives on how best to serve their constituents and move Towamensing forward. Through debates, forums, public meetings, and outreach events, these candidates strive to make their case for why they would be the best choice for office in order to gain support from voters. As citizens of Towamensing continue to engage in the democratic process by casting their ballots each election season, they are helping shape the future of their beloved town.
The political climate in Towamensing, PA is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, PA is very conservative. In Carbon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 33.3%.
Carbon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Towamensing, PA is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 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.
Towamensing, Pennsylvania: d 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 Towamensing, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 621 contributions totaling $28,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 463 contributions totaling $300,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)