Tunkhannock, PA is an area with a rich history of political involvement. Located in the center of Wyoming County, 18657 Tunkhannock has been an active part of local politics for decades. Local citizens take part in and are knowledgeable about their local elected representatives at the state and federal levels as well as their municipal government. Candidates from both major parties have run for office in both state and federal elections throughout the years. Many political issues that affect the residents, such as education funding, taxation, healthcare, and public works projects, are actively discussed amongst the citizens of Tunkhannock in order to better understand what decisions should be made in order to ensure a prosperous future. The people of Tunkhannock take great pride in having their voices heard through their community's political system.
The political climate in Zip 18657 (Tunkhannock, PA) is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, PA is very conservative. In Wyoming County, PA 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.6%.
Wyoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18657 (Tunkhannock, PA) is strongly conservative.
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Tunkhannock, 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 18657 (Tunkhannock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $15,078 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $100,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)