Binghamton Town, NY is a small town of just over 8,000 people located in upstate New York. It is known for its close-knit community and diverse population. The local politics of Binghamton Town are focused on promoting the community’s interests and creating positive change for its residents. This can mean anything from investment in public infrastructure to creating more job opportunities for local businesses and residents. There are currently two major political parties operating in the town; the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Each party has their own slate of candidates who work together to represent the needs and values of the people they serve. Through elections, Binghamton Town citizens have the opportunity to choose who will best represent their interests in government and help shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Binghamton town, NY is leaning 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
Binghamton town, NY is leaning 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.
Binghamton town, 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 Binghamton town, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,334 contributions totaling $367,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 689 contributions totaling $101,598 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)