Millport, NY is a small town located in upstate New York. It is home to just over 4,000 people and has a long history of political involvement from local residents. The town has an elected mayor who is responsible for setting the direction of the local government, along with several town council members that are elected by the citizens. During election season, local candidates will often host rallies and events to introduce themselves to constituents and discuss their platform. While the small population size limits resources such as personnel and funds to be used in pursuit of political goals, there is still an active political atmosphere in Millport. Politicians strive to address topics important to locals including school funding, job growth, infrastructure maintenance, and public safety.
The political climate in Millport, 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
Millport, 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.
Millport, 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 Millport, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $4,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)