Southport, NY is a small town in Upstate New York that has a rich history and culture. The politics of Southport are reflective of the diverse population that calls this town home. Through local initiatives, the Town Board works to ensure the well-being of its citizens. This includes providing resources to better the quality of life for residents as well as working to maintain the beauty of Southport’s natural environment. Additionally, the town board meets regularly with community members to discuss issues facing the town and how best to address them. Elections for Town Board positions take place every two years and local residents have an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates. In this way, Southport is able to maintain its identity while also keeping abreast of current events and trends in national politics.
The political climate in Southport, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Chemung County, NY 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chemung county remained strongly Republican, 55.6% to 42.2%.
Chemung county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southport, NY is somewhat conservative.
Chemung County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Elmira Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Southport, 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 Southport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,038 contributions totaling $438,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $153,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)