17744 Linden, PA is situated in Luzerne County and is a quiet community of about 1,000 residents. Politics in Linden are mainly influenced by the county government and the governing body of Luzerne County. The most important political issues in this area involve topics such as taxes, employment opportunities, education, and infrastructure. Local elections involve both county-level races and races for school board members. Currently, the county commissioners include John Yudichak (D), Robert Pugh (R) and Stephen A. Urban (I). These positions are elected every four years in November. School Board members can be found on the website of the Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18. Taxes are managed at at the county level with money being allocated to various causes from fire protection to addiction services funding. Residents of 17744 Linden, PA take an active role in their local politics by participating in town hall meetings and voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 17744 (Linden, PA) is very conservative.
Lycoming County, PA is very conservative. In Lycoming County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lycoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.6%.
Lycoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17744 (Linden, PA) is very conservative.
Linden, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Williamsport Metro Area is very 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.
Linden, 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 17744 (Linden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $526 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $3,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)