The East Stroudsburg, PA Metro Area has a diverse and vibrant political environment. Many of the local, state, and national elections are highly contested in this region due to the large population within the city limits. The 2018 midterm elections saw strong voter turnout from different demographics including millennials and minorities. In addition to these elections, local initiatives such as zoning ordinances and infrastructure projects have been voted on in recent years. Political candidates running for office must address issues that are important to the residents of East Stroudsburg, which is why there is such a variety of opinions on many topics. Regardless of political affiliation, all citizens can make sure their voices are heard during debates leading up to election day by participating in public forums or by attending town hall meetings with their representatives.
The political climate in East Stroudsburg Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In East Stroudsburg Metro Area 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the East Stroudsburg metro area remained moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 46.1%.
The East Stroudsburg metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Stroudsburg Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: r r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in East Stroudsburg Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,264 contributions totaling $418,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,118 contributions totaling $289,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)