Binghamton University, located in New York's 13902 zip code, is the home to a diverse and engaged student body. In addition to providing educational opportunities to its students, the university also offers a variety of social activities that promote political engagement and discussion. On campus, there are a number of registered student organizations dedicated to politics and public policy. These groups often hold debates and forums on important political issues affecting both the university as well as the surrounding community. Furthermore, Binghamton University is represented in local government by several elected officials from both major political parties. The university works closely with these representatives to ensure that their constituents' concerns are addressed. Overall, Binghamton University provides its students with an ideal environment in which to learn about politics and become politically involved.
The political climate in Zip 13902 (Binghamton University, NY) is somewhat 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 13902 (Binghamton University, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Binghamton University, New York is somewhat 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 University, 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 13902 (Binghamton University)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $1,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)