The town of 18403 Archbald, PA is a small community located in Lackawanna County. Politically, the town leans conservative with registered Republicans outnumbering Democrats 2 to 1. The local political candidates that represent this area are Senator John Blake and Representative Michael Carroll. Currently, there is no mayor or city council in the town of Archbald but it does have representatives from all levels of government. The members of Congress for this area include Senator Bob Casey, Congressman Matt Cartwright, and Congressman Dan Meuser. All of these elected officials work to ensure that Archbald’s needs are met at the local, state, and national levels. Residents can stay involved in the politics of their community by attending meetings held by their representatives, voting in elections, and staying informed on current topics.
The political climate in Zip 18403 (Archbald, PA) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 18403 (Archbald, PA) is leaning liberal.
Archbald, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 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.
Archbald, 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 zip 18403 (Archbald)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $48,633 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $760 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $5,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)