Presidential election results
As of November 2010, there are 146,383 registered voters in Lackawanna County.

Democratic: 96,471 (65.9%)
Republican: 38,297 (26.2%)
Other parties and independents: 11,615 (7.9%)
The Democratic Party has been historically dominant in county-level politics since the rise of new immigrant populations and their descendants since the mid-19th century.
The county is part of Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district.

On the state and national levels, Lackawanna County has strongly favored the Democratic Party for the last ninety years.
While it leaned Republican from 1896 to 1924, only failing to back William Howard Taft during that in timespan when the party's vote was split between him and former president Theodore Roosevelt.
The county has only primarily voted for the Republican candidate three times since 1928: in the national Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984.

In 2000 Democrat Al Gore won 60% of the vote and Republican George W. Bush won 36%.
In 2004 Democrat John Kerry received 56% of the vote and Bush received 42%.
In 2006, Democrats Governor Ed Rendell and Senator Bob Casey, Jr., won 70% and 73% of the vote in Lackawanna County, respectively.
In 2008 three of four Democrats running statewide carried the county, with Barack Obama receiving 63% of the county vote to 37% for John McCain.
In 2016 the county swung dramatically and unexpectedly against the Democrats, with Hillary Clinton becoming the first Democrat to receive less than 50% of the vote in the county since her husband Bill Clinton in 1992, though that result was significantly affected by a strong showing by Reform Party candidate Ross Perot.
Donald Trump comparatively outperformed George H.W. Bush's showing in 1992 by slightly over eleven percent as he became the first Republican to carry Pennsylvania nationally since Bush in 1988.
Presidential election results
As of November 2010, there are 146,383 registered voters in Lackawanna County.
Democratic: 96,471 (65.9%)
Republican: 38,297 (26.2%)
Other parties and independents: 11,615 (7.9%)
The Democratic Party has been historically dominant in county-level politics since the rise of new immigrant populations and their descendants since the mid-19th century. The county is part of Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district.
On the state and national levels, Lackawanna County has strongly favored the Democratic Party for the last ninety years. While it leaned Republican from 1896 to 1924, only failing to back William Howard Taft during that in timespan when the party's vote was split between him and former president Theodore Roosevelt. The county has only primarily voted for the Republican candidate three times since 1928: in the national Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984.
In 2000 Democrat Al Gore won 60% of the vote and Republican George W. Bush won 36%. In 2004 Democrat John Kerry received 56% of the vote and Bush received 42%. In 2006, Democrats Governor Ed Rendell and Senator Bob Casey, Jr., won 70% and 73% of the vote in Lackawanna County, respectively. In 2008 three of four Democrats running statewide carried the county, with Barack Obama receiving 63% of the county vote to 37% for John McCain. In 2016 the county swung dramatically and unexpectedly against the Democrats, with Hillary Clinton becoming the first Democrat to receive less than 50% of the vote in the county since her husband Bill Clinton in 1992, though that result was significantly affected by a strong showing by Reform Party candidate Ross Perot. Donald Trump comparatively outperformed George H.W. Bush's showing in 1992 by slightly over eleven percent as he became the first Republican to carry Pennsylvania nationally since Bush in 1988.
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania