Carbon County, Pennsylvania is a small county located in the eastern part of the state. It is comprised of several townships and boroughs, and its residents are served by an array of local government administrations. The county has a long history of involved citizens in politics, from local campaigns to national elections. Every election cycle, candidates for public office come forward to represent the best interests of Carbon County’s citizens. These candidates are dedicated to representing their constituents and striving for positive change that will benefit all members of the community. They invest their time and energy into learning about the needs of the people they hope to serve and work hard to develop practical solutions that can best meet those needs. Through local debates, forums, and even door-to-door canvassing, these candidates strive to bring awareness to their platforms while connecting with individual voters as well as larger groups throughout Carbon County.
The political climate in 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
Carbon County, PA 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.
Carbon, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Carbon County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 791 contributions totaling $40,626 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 620 contributions totaling $363,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $586 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)