The politics in 18435 Masthope, PA are strongly influenced by the local community. In this rural area, residents tend to be conservative and support candidates who prioritize fiscal responsibility and traditional values. Local elections are usually between incumbent candidates who have served in their positions for many years and newcomers to the political scene. Elections tend to focus on issues such as road improvements, economic development, and taxes, rather than the national issues that dominate presidential campaigns. However, many voters also take into account the candidate’s record on legislation related to defense, education funding, healthcare reform, and civil rights when deciding how they will cast their ballot. Residents of 18435 Masthope, PA take pride in their strong civic engagement and make sure their voices are heard at the polls each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 18435 (Masthope, PA) is moderately conservative.
Pike County, PA is moderately conservative. In Pike County, PA 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 40.0%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18435 (Masthope, PA) is moderately conservative.
Masthope, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Pike County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Masthope, 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 18435 (Masthope)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $3,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $3,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)