The Lock Haven, PA Metro Area has a long and storied history when it comes to politics. As the seat of Clinton County, the city and its surrounding area plays an active role in local and state-level politics. In recent years, the political climate has been progressive and inclusive with numerous elected officials that represent the diverse population of the region including women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, those with disabilities, veterans, working class people, and more. Democracy is alive and well in Lock Haven as evidenced by the active civic engagement of local residents who come out to vote in every election cycle. Local candidates work hard to engage their constituents through social media campaigns, public forums, mailers, door knocking initiatives and other methods. The political issues that matter most to Lock Haven residents are jobs/economy development; healthcare reform; education access/quality; environmental protection; safe communities; equality & human rights; and infrastructure investment/improvement.
The political climate in Lock Haven Metro Area is very conservative.
In Lock Haven Metro Area 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Lock Haven metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 31.2%.
The Lock Haven metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lock Haven Metro Area is very 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.
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania: r R r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lock Haven Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 602 contributions totaling $39,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $73,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)