Arkport, NY is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. It is a mostly rural area with a few small businesses and shops scattered throughout. The town has an active local government that meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the town. The local political landscape in Arkport is made up of candidates from both major parties who are committed to improving the lives of its citizens. The most recent election saw several candidates vying for the mayoral seat as well as numerous council seats. Each candidate campaigned on their own platform and ideas for how to best serve the community. Through debate and discussion, the voters were able to make informed decisions about which candidates they supported and ultimately elected as their leaders.
The political climate in Arkport, NY is strongly conservative.
Steuben County, NY is strongly conservative. In Steuben County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steuben county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.2%.
Steuben county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arkport, NY is strongly conservative.
Steuben County, New York is strongly conservative.
Corning Metro Area is strongly 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.
Arkport, 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 Arkport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $12,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)