The city of Binghamton, NY is served by a Mayor and City Council. The current Mayor is Richard David, who was elected in 2015. The City Council consists of 13 members; three at-large Councilors and ten ward Councilors. The city government works to provide essential services to the 13905 population, including police and fire protection, public works projects, parks and recreation programs, and economic development initiatives. In addition to local government, the community has various advocacy groups that seek to promote involvement in the political process. These include grassroots organizations like Indivisible Binghamton which strive to support progressive causes such as education reform and healthcare access. By remaining engaged with local candidates and issues, residents can be active participants in the politics of Binghamton, NY.
The political climate in Zip 13905 (Binghamton, NY) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 13905 (Binghamton, NY) is leaning liberal.
Binghamton, New York is leaning liberal.
Broome County, New York 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.
Binghamton, 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 zip 13905 (Binghamton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,541 contributions totaling $102,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $40,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)