Washingtonville, PA is a small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania, in the heart of Luzerne County. At the local level, politics in 17884 Washingtonville have been shaped by a long tradition of civic involvement and a desire to maintain a sense of community identity. The town has been represented on the Washingtonville Borough Council since its inception in 1910, and today the council is made up of five members: President Charles Housenick; Vice President Robert Tompkins; Secretary Barbara Lutzke; Treasurer Thomas Glogowski; and Councilor MaryAnn Giermek. In recent years, the city has seen increasing engagement with local elections as residents are eager to support their preferred candidates and make their voices heard during elections. Additionally, 17884 Washingtonville is home to an active political scene that encourages citizens to stay informed about issues that may affect them or their community at large.
The political climate in Zip 17884 (Washingtonville, PA) is moderately conservative.
Montour County, PA is moderately conservative. In Montour County, PA 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montour county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.4%.
Montour county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17884 (Washingtonville, PA) is moderately conservative.
Washingtonville, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Montour County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area is strongly 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.
Washingtonville, 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 17884 (Washingtonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)