Politics in Nanticoke, PA, 18634 is a lively and diverse topic. The city lies near two major cities, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, and has close relationships to each of them. On the local level, voting for mayor and city council takes place every four years. The current mayor is Eileen Sorokas, and the current city council members are Michael Merritt, Lisa Porter, Craig Shaffer, John Sledzinski Jr., Mark O’Donnell and Bruce Prokopchak. Residents also have the opportunity to vote for county commissioners from Luzerne County once every four years as well. Those currently in office include Stephen A. Urban, Jim Bobeck and Kathy Dobash. Furthermore, residents can take part in many political events that are held throughout the year at their local civic center or elsewhere in the community.
The political climate in Zip 18634 (Nanticoke, 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 18634 (Nanticoke, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Nanticoke, 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.
Nanticoke, 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 18634 (Nanticoke)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $6,785 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $2,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)