The small community of Friendsville, PA (18818) is an area known for its close-knit sense of community and its strong values. Politically, the citizens hold a variety of different beliefs that can range from conservative to liberal. Despite this wide range of political views, the citizens have formed meaningful relationships and are able to work together to accomplish common goals. The local government consists of a mayor and seven city council members who are elected every four years by popular vote. The current mayor is John Smith who has been in office since 2013. The City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm in City Hall. Local elections are held annually and residents can elect representatives from all parties to serve on the council. All citizens have a voice in deciding local issues such as taxes, public works projects, zoning laws, and more.
The political climate in Zip 18818 (Friendsville, PA) is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna County, PA is very conservative. In Susquehanna County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Susquehanna county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Susquehanna county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18818 (Friendsville, PA) is strongly conservative.
Friendsville, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna 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.
Friendsville, 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 18818 (Friendsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $3,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)