Jordan, NY is a small rural town located in the northwest corner of Onondaga County. With a population of only 1,280 people, Jordan is a tight-knit and close-knit community in which local politics are of great importance. The local political scene is dominated by the Republican Party due to its conservative voting base but many members of the community have also been known to vote for Democratic candidates as well. Local topics such as zoning laws, school board issues, and taxes are highly discussed among residents and their elected representatives from both sides of the aisle share similar concerns for the future of this small rural town. In addition to county elections, many people in Jordan take an active interest in state and national politics as well with issues such as healthcare reform being at the forefront of discussion in recent years.
The political climate in Zip 13080 (Jordan, NY) is leaning liberal.
Onondaga County, NY is moderately liberal. In Onondaga County, NY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onondaga county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.9%.
Onondaga county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13080 (Jordan, NY) is leaning liberal.
Jordan, New York is leaning liberal.
Onondaga County, New York is moderately liberal.
Syracuse Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Jordan, New York: D D D D D 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 zip 13080 (Jordan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)