The town of Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania is located in Monroe County. The current mayor of the borough is Michael Wilkins, and he presides over the five-member Borough Council that governs the area. The Borough Council meets regularly to discuss important issues such as infrastructure, zoning, public health, and land use. They also work to ensure all decisions are made in the best interest of their constituents in Mount Pocono. Additionally, Mount Pocono has two representatives in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives: Maureen Madden and Rosemary Brown. These representatives work hard to promote positive change within their district by introducing bills that would benefit all citizens of 18344. Furthermore, they strive to improve public safety and advocate for better education initiatives and environmental protection within their district.
The political climate in Zip 18344 (Mount Pocono, PA) is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, PA is leaning liberal. In Monroe County, PA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 46.1%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18344 (Mount Pocono, PA) is leaning liberal.
Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
East Stroudsburg Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania: r r D D d d
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 18344 (Mount Pocono)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $5,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $4,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)