The Village of the Branch is a small town located in upstate New York. Despite its small size, it has an active political scene. The village is governed by an elected mayor and board of trustees. Every two years, local residents can vote for their preferred candidates from both major political parties to serve on the Board of Trustees and as mayor. In recent years, the village has seen a mix of both Republican and Democratic representatives in elected office. As a result, many important decisions have been made with bipartisan support. For example, a few years ago, the Board of Trustees passed an ordinance to reduce water usage throughout the village and this was supported by both parties. It demonstrates that the Village of the Branch values collaboration between differing viewpoints when making decisions that affect the entire community.
The political climate in Village of the Branch, NY is leaning conservative.
Suffolk County, NY is leaning liberal. In Suffolk County, NY 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Suffolk county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.3%.
Suffolk county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Village of the Branch, NY is leaning conservative.
Suffolk County, New York is leaning liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Village of the Branch, New York: D d d d 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 Village of the Branch, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,933 contributions totaling $211,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 385 contributions totaling $101,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)