The small town of Honesdale, PA is situated in 18431 zip code and is a rural area with a population of approximately 5,000 people. It provides a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere for its residents to enjoy. Despite it's small size, Honesdale has an active political scene, with local organizations holding regular meetings to discuss current issues and initiatives facing the community. The local government consists of several elected representatives who work together to create policies and regulations that benefit the citizens of Honesdale. The mayor is the head of the local government and is responsible for overseeing all city operations. In addition to the mayor's office, there are also four council members representing each district in town. These members are elected by residents every four years to serve on the City Council, which is responsible for enacting laws, ordinances, and resolutions related to public safety, parks & recreation, health & wellness programs, municipal services, and more. While there are no specific political candidates associated with this zip code, it has an important role in local politics as decisions made here can affect the entire region.
The political climate in Zip 18431 (Honesdale, PA) is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, PA is very conservative. In Wayne County, PA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18431 (Honesdale, PA) is strongly conservative.
Honesdale, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
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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.
Honesdale, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 18431 (Honesdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 278 contributions totaling $56,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $64,796 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)