13736 Berkshire, NY is a small rural community located in the Catskill Mountains. Despite its small size, the area has experienced a lot of political activity over the years. Local elections have been highly contested with candidates from diverse backgrounds and ideologies competing for office. In recent years, issues such as economic development and environmental protection have been highly debated by the candidates. Every election season brings a new wave of energy into the area as residents become engaged in the political process and strive to make their voices heard at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 13736 (Berkshire, NY) is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, NY is moderately conservative. In Tioga County, NY 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 38.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13736 (Berkshire, NY) is moderately conservative.
Berkshire, New York is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, New York is moderately conservative.
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.
Berkshire, 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 13736 (Berkshire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $8,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $1,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)