Brownville, NY is a small rural town located in the Catskills region of New York. Despite its small size, the people of Brownville take politics seriously and strive to ensure their voices are heard on local and state issues. Local town meetings and elections are highly attended, with residents coming out in droves to vote for their preferred candidates or voice their opinions on local issues. Numerous organizations exist in Brownville for citizens to become involved in politics, including neighborhood associations, activist groups, and political parties. These organizations provide an important platform for Brownville’s residents to engage with each other about what is best for their community. The people of Brownville are passionate about advocating for themselves and their families, ensuring that they have a say in how their town is run.
The political climate in Brownville, NY is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, NY is moderately conservative. In Jefferson County, NY 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.5%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brownville, NY is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, New York is moderately conservative.
Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area 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.
Brownville, 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 Brownville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,050 contributions totaling $95,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 489 contributions totaling $159,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)