Lock Haven, PA (17745) is a small city located in Clinton County in Pennsylvania. The local politics in Lock Haven are largely focused on the city's municipal government. Lock Haven maintains an elected Mayor-Council form of government with a seven-member City Council representing all four wards of the city and an elected Mayor as the head of government. The current mayor of Lock Haven is Joel Long, a Democrat who was first elected to office in 2020. Long has dedicated his term to improving infrastructure, reducing crime rates, and addressing economic development initiatives. The City Council members work closely with the mayor's office to ensure that the citizens of Lock Haven get the best services possible from their local government. Additionally, there are numerous public meetings held throughout each year where citizens can engage with their local elected officials and voice their concerns or ideas for making Lock Haven better.
The political climate in Zip 17745 (Lock Haven, PA) is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, PA is very conservative. In Clinton County, PA 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 31.2%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17745 (Lock Haven, PA) is strongly conservative.
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Lock Haven 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.
Lock Haven, 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 17745 (Lock Haven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 492 contributions totaling $30,653 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $47,137 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)