The small town of 18347 Pocono Lake, PA has been in existence for many years. It is a tight-knit community with a strong sense of local pride. Despite its small population, the town takes part in many important political activities. Every year, citizens gather to take part in the democratic process and vote for the local leaders that will best represent their values and interests. During election season, candidates come to speak at town hall meetings and present their platforms and ideas to the community. At these meetings, citizens are able to ask questions and get a better understanding of how each candidate would handle important issues affecting them. With such an engaged citizenry, 18347 Pocono Lake is proud to have elected officials who understand the needs and concerns of its residents.
The political climate in Zip 18347 (Pocono Lake, 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 18347 (Pocono Lake, PA) is leaning liberal.
Pocono Lake, 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.
Pocono Lake, 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 18347 (Pocono Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $2,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $15,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $691 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)