The political atmosphere in Pine Valley, NY is one that is dominated by progressive ideals. Residents of the small town take pride in their commitment to local governance and actively participate in the process of selecting their elected representatives. Citizens are encouraged to attend town meetings and become connected with current events and topics being discussed at the local level. While details of specific candidates or population statistics are not included here, what can be said is that individuals from all walks of life have an equal opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to the politics in Pine Valley, NY.
The political climate in Pine Valley, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Chemung County, NY 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chemung county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 42.2%.
Chemung county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Valley, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Elmira Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pine Valley, 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 Pine Valley, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 883 contributions totaling $125,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $70,027 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)