Davenport, NY is a small country town in upstate New York. Its politics are largely influenced by the Democratic and Republican parties. The mayor of Davenport is a Democrat who was elected in 2017, and the town board consists of four trustees who represent the town’s interests. Each trustee is appointed by the mayor and serves two-year terms. Local elections are held every year to determine which candidates will serve on the city council, school board, and other municipal positions. In recent years, many local issues have been debated between Democratic and Republican candidates such as taxes, education funding, public safety, and infrastructure spending. The citizens of Davenport take great pride in their political involvement and look forward to local elections as an opportunity for their voices to be heard in government decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Davenport, NY is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, NY is moderately conservative. In Delaware County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Davenport, NY is moderately conservative.
Delaware 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.
Davenport, 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 Davenport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,983 contributions totaling $116,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 314 contributions totaling $52,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)