14861 Lowman, NY is a small rural town in upstate New York that has experienced minimal changes politically over the years. With a population of roughly 500 people, it is a tight-knit community that puts an emphasis on personal connections with their local politicians. Most of the political decisions made in 14861 Lowman are made by the town board, which consists of five elected officials who are voted into office every two years. In recent years, there haven’t been too many controversial issues among residents, so politics remain fairly calm and uncontested. Local candidates for these positions tend to be family members or friends of the current board members as they rely heavily on word of mouth to get their names out in the community. As such, much of the political activity in 14861 Lowman focuses less on party lines and more on maintaining the peace and tranquility of life in this small upstate New York town.
The political climate in Zip 14861 (Lowman, 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
Zip 14861 (Lowman, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Lowman, New York 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.
Lowman, 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 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 zip 14861 (Lowman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)