West Hazleton, PA is a small town located in Luzerne County. It is governed by a mayor and six council members, who are elected every four years. The current mayor of West Hazleton is Mike Flanagan, and the members of the council are Francis Ruggiero, John Kresge, Steve Gaddes, Joe Tkatchuk, Juanita Baranowski and Ed Lathrop. These representatives ensure that the citizens of West Hazleton are served with proper governmental services and have their voices heard. In addition to a mayor and council members, there are additional positions such as auditor, treasurer and solicitor that help keep the town running smoothly. All of these individuals work hard to bring about positive change in the community by creating policies that benefit every resident. Through their leadership, West Hazleton has seen many improvements over the last few years including increased public safety initiatives, improved infrastructure and an overall better quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in West Hazleton, PA is leaning 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
West Hazleton, PA is leaning 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.
West Hazleton, 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 West Hazleton, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $23,153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $90,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)