Paupack, PA is a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. It has a history of political participation, with a long tradition of local and state level elections. In the most recent election cycle for 2018, former district attorney Scott McAdams ran for and won the position of state representative for Paupack residents. He has been involved in local politics since 2010, serving on several boards and committees throughout his tenure in office. At the local level, Paupack residents have elected members to their town council and school boards for many years. These elected officials are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the town, including budgeting, zoning regulations and other city services. Additionally, they act as liaisons between citizens and government entities at all levels. The town council also works closely with representatives from both major political parties in order to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to important decisions impacting Paupack’s future.
The political climate in Zip 18451 (Paupack, 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 18451 (Paupack, PA) is moderately conservative.
Paupack, 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.
Paupack, 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 18451 (Paupack)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $6,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)