Barker, NY is a small town in the state of New York with a close-knit community that values their local politics. The citizens of Barker are passionate about selecting the right political candidates to represent them and their interests in local government. Residents are engaged in conversations about the issues facing their town and actively participate in civic activities to ensure that their voices are heard. The election process is taken very seriously by those in Barker, with residents carefully evaluating each candidate's agenda and debating pros and cons of various policies. Additionally, Barker has a variety of advocacy organizations who seek to promote social justice initiatives throughout the town. Barker is proud of its passionate population who works hard to choose leaders that best exemplify their core values.
The political climate in Barker town (Broome County), NY is somewhat conservative.
Broome County, NY is leaning liberal. In Broome County, NY 50.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broome county flipped Democratic, 50.5% to 47.1%.
Broome county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barker town (Broome County), NY is somewhat conservative.
Broome County, New York is leaning liberal.
Binghamton Metro Area is leaning 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.
Barker town (Broome County), New York: d d d d r d
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 Barker town (Broome County), NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,783 contributions totaling $118,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $42,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)