Spencer, NY is a small town located in Central New York, with a population of approximately 1,700 people. It is a rural community with a strong sense of tradition and close-knit relationships between its citizens. Politically, Spencer is represented by several local political representatives in the state legislature. These representatives have been elected to serve their constituents by advocating for important issues that affect the town such as infrastructure, education, and public safety. The local representatives work hard to ensure that Spencer remains a vibrant and thriving community while also helping shape the future of the town through their legislative efforts. As such, they are highly respected by the citizens of Spencer who have faith in them to protect and improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Spencer, NY is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, NY is moderately conservative. In Tioga County, NY 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 38.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spencer, NY is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, New York is moderately conservative.
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.
Spencer, 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 Spencer, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 596 contributions totaling $39,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $9,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)