Broome County, New York is a vibrant political hub located in the south western region of the state. Home to over 200,000 people, Broome County is governed by an 11-member legislative body known as the Broome County Legislature. The executive power is held by Broome County Executive Jason Garnar who was elected to serve in 2020. The county has several local political candidates vying for positions in local elections such as school board members, county supervisors, and mayors. Important issues during these elections include economic development, education reform, infrastructure improvement and environmental protection. Broome also enjoys representation at the state level with representatives from various parties serving in both the State Assembly and Senate. Local politics are an important part of life in Broome County and residents take their civic duties seriously when it comes time to cast their ballot.
The political climate in Broome County, NY is leaning liberal.
In Broome County, NY 50.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broome county flipped Democratic, 50.5% to 47.1%.
Broome county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Broome County, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Broome, New York: d d d d r d
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Broome County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,663 contributions totaling $817,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,147 contributions totaling $376,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)