Lackawanna County is located in northeastern Pennsylvania and is part of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. The county is known for its natural beauty as well as its strong support of education, healthcare, and businesses. Politically, the county leans heavily Democratic, with a majority of the population registered to vote Democrat. In recent elections, local candidates have been overwhelmingly Democrats, including former mayor Chris Doherty and current mayor Paige Cognetti. As an active citizens in the community, politicians have worked hard to ensure that Lackawanna county continues to be a safe and prosperous environment for all residents.
The political climate in Lackawanna County, PA is somewhat liberal.
In Lackawanna County, PA 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lackawanna county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 45.2%.
Lackawanna county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lackawanna County, PA is somewhat liberal.
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.
Lackawanna, Pennsylvania: D D D D d d
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 Lackawanna County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,535 contributions totaling $2,316,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,480 contributions totaling $647,034 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)