Afton, NY is a small town located in upstate New York. While the area is primarily rural and agricultural, there are still some important political issues at play in the community. Local government is responsible for making decisions about taxes, zoning, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, land use, and much more. As such, there are various candidates running for office in Afton who are dedicated to representing their constituents’ interests and advocating on their behalf. These local politicians come from many different backgrounds and hold many different points of view on how best to address the needs of the town. In this way, Afton residents have an opportunity to vote for representatives that share their values and will make decisions that reflect those beliefs. The election process ensures that everyone has a voice in local government and can have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Afton, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chenango County, NY 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chenango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.1%.
Chenango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Afton, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, New York is moderately conservative.
New York is moderately 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.
Afton, New York: 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 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 Afton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 490 contributions totaling $30,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $13,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)