Savona, NY is a small town located in Steuben County. Although the town only has a population of about 1,300 people, it has quite a rich history and deep involvement in local politics. The village of Savona is run by an elected mayor and four trustees who serve as members of the village board. The village board makes decisions for the village on issues such as public safety, fiscal policy, infrastructure projects, and more. Elections for these positions are held every two years, with residents of Savona voting to decide who will represent them in their local government. Additionally, representatives from the Steuben County Legislature are also elected from Savona residents, and they work to help shape state policies that affect the entire county.
The political climate in Savona, NY is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, NY is strongly conservative. In Steuben County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steuben county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.2%.
Steuben county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Savona, NY is moderately conservative.
Steuben County, New York is strongly conservative.
Corning Metro Area is strongly 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.
Savona, 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 Savona, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $11,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)