18618 Harveys Lake, PA is a small town in Pennsylvania located just outside of Wilkes-Barre. While it may be small, the politics of Harveys Lake are important to the citizens who live there. Although local political candidates are not specified in this content, elected officials from the borough council will be responsible for deciding how to spend tax dollars and promoting laws that are best for the people in the community. The local government helps ensure that their citizens have a safe environment and access to necessary services such as healthcare and education. Decisions made by these representatives will likely have a large impact on what it's like to live in 18618 Harveys Lake, PA.
The political climate in Zip 18618 (Harveys Lake, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Luzerne County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Luzerne County, PA 42.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Luzerne county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.3%.
Luzerne county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18618 (Harveys Lake, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
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.
Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania: d d d d 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 18618 (Harveys Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $9,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $6,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)