Located in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, 18628 Lopez is a small community with a population of around 800 people. The local politics in this area primarily revolve around the local school boards and township councils. These entities are responsible for making decisions about the budget, infrastructure, taxation, and other issues that affect the citizens of Lopez. Local candidates run for office to represent the residents of Lopez and make their voices heard on various political matters. Currently, there are several candidates running for office in Lopez, including Debbie Smith who is running for mayor and Michael Johnson who is running for township councilman. These two candidates are committed to improving the quality of life in Lopez by focusing on issues such as affordable healthcare and education reform. In addition to these candidates, there are also members of both major parties actively engaged in campaigning and advocating for their respective political platforms in order to ensure that change happens in a positive direction.
The political climate in Zip 18628 (Lopez, PA) is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, PA is very conservative. In Sullivan County, PA 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.6%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18628 (Lopez, PA) is strongly conservative.
Lopez, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Sullivan 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.
Lopez, 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 18628 (Lopez)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)