Kingston, PA is a city steeped in political culture and history. Located in Luzerne County, PA, Kingston is home to an active and engaged political community that focuses on local issues such as education, infrastructure, development, and public safety. The local government consists of a mayor and city council members who are elected by the citizens of Kingston. In addition to the mayor and council members, there are several other elected officials representing Kingston in the state legislature, including two representatives in the House of Representatives and one senator in the Senate. Additionally, local elections for school board members and county commissioners take place regularly throughout the year. All of these elected officials work together to ensure that Kingston鈥檚 citizens have access to quality services that will improve their quality of life. Through their efforts, these representatives strive to create a strong sense of pride throughout Kingston and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Kingston township, 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
Kingston township, PA 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.
Kingston township, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Kingston township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,186 contributions totaling $653,664 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $551 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 816 contributions totaling $1,616,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,981 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)