Mahanoy City, PA is a small town in Pennsylvania with a population of just over 3,000 people. The politics in this area largely revolve around local candidates who are running for office in the local government. Currently, there are three major candidates vying for the mayor seat in Mahanoy City – Francis Foti, Steven M. Yudiskas, and Robert Lipski. Each candidate has their own unique platform and ideas about how to improve the city through better infrastructure and job growth. Additionally, they all seek to reduce crime rates and create stronger communal bonds within the town. As public opinion continues to shift and grow more diverse in Mahanoy City, these candidates have emerged as promising leaders who may be able to enact meaningful change for the benefit of local citizens.
The political climate in Zip 17948 (Mahanoy City, PA) is strongly conservative.
Schuylkill County, PA is very conservative. In Schuylkill County, PA 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuylkill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Schuylkill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17948 (Mahanoy City, PA) is strongly conservative.
Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pottsville 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.
Mahanoy City, 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 17948 (Mahanoy City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $3,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $763 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)