Wilkes-Barre township, PA is a small city located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The area has a rich political history, with local elections often drawing high levels of interest from the public. Wilkes-Barre Township has an elected mayor and council that work together to manage the local government functions and address the needs of residents. The township also has representatives in Congress, state legislature, and other levels of government who are actively engaged in policy-making decisions that affect day to day operations within the community. In addition to elected officials, there are several non-profit and advocacy organizations that strive to ensure fairness and equity for all people living in Wilkes-Barre Township. These various stakeholders come together to create an environment where everyone feels safe, respected, and heard.
The political climate in Wilkes-Barre township, 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
Wilkes-Barre township, 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.
Wilkes-Barre 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 Wilkes-Barre township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,426 contributions totaling $195,399 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 425 contributions totaling $119,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)