Bovina, NY is a small rural town located in Delaware County. The town has a rich history of local politics and is governed by the Town Council, which consists of five elected members. The Town Council is responsible for town ordinances and laws, such as setting the tax levy, creating budgets and approving land use policies. Elections are held every two years and voters turn out in high numbers to elect their representatives. Political topics discussed in Bovina range from public safety to economic development. Local candidates are often involved in debates or open forums discussing important issues that affect residents of Bovina directly. Residents actively participate in local political discourse, attending meetings and expressing their opinions on matters that concern them most.
The political climate in Bovina, 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
Bovina, 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.
Bovina, 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 Bovina, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 582 contributions totaling $48,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $11,333 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)