The small town of Meshoppen, PA is located in Wyoming County and has a population of just over 700 people. The politics in Meshoppen are largely shaped by the local government and are represented by the Wyoming County Board of Commissioners. These three commissioners serve as the governing body in Meshoppen, PA and make decisions that affect the entire county. They have authority over a range of issues such as infrastructure, education, public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and more. Each commissioner is elected by the residents of Wyoming County to represent their interests at both the state and local level. The current commissioners for Wyoming County include Commissioner Tom Donahue, Commissioner Roberta Cuda-Gaudet, and Commissioner Debra Johnson. All three commissioners work hard to ensure that the best interests of their constituents are taken into account when making decisions about policy and other matters.
The political climate in Zip 18630 (Meshoppen, 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 18630 (Meshoppen, PA) is strongly conservative.
Meshoppen, 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.
Meshoppen, 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 18630 (Meshoppen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $1,727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $19,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)