13603 Fort Drum, NY is located in the heart of upstate New York and is home to approximately 10,000 active duty soldiers. Politically, it is part of the towns of LeRay and Wilna in Jefferson County. The town is represented in Congress by U.S. Representative Anthony Brindisi from the 22nd District and Senator Charles E. Schumer from New York State's Senate. The local government for 13603 Fort Drum, NY follows a Town Supervisor/ Town Board form of governance, with each town electing their own representatives every two years. As such, there are no political candidates specifically associated with 13603 Fort Drum, NY but residents are encouraged to stay informed on local and national politics affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 13603 (Fort Drum, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Jefferson County, NY is moderately conservative. In Jefferson County, NY 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.5%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13603 (Fort Drum, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Fort Drum, New York is somewhat conservative.
Jefferson County, New York is moderately conservative.
Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area is moderately 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.
Fort Drum, 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 13603 (Fort Drum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $706 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)