The small town of Branchport, NY is located in Yates County and is home to a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its small size, Branchport has an active political environment and is governed by a board of trustees. The current trustees for the town are Philip C. Hake, Kristin K. Hathaway, Robert Kimble, Robert Martin and Frank S. Smith Jr., who were all elected in November 2019. Each trustee serves a four-year term and plays an important role in managing the town's affairs. Residents of Branchport have the opportunity to actively participate in their local politics through attending meetings and voting in elections. In addition to the board of trustees, the town also has a mayor who oversees its operations. The mayor of Branchport is currently Courtney Pearsall who was elected in March 2019 following a contentious election campaign with her opponent Richard Rittsman. All residents of Branchport are encouraged to stay informed on local politics and take advantage of opportunities to get involved with their community's decision making process.
The political climate in Zip 14418 (Branchport, NY) is moderately conservative.
Yates County, NY is moderately conservative. In Yates County, NY 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yates county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 39.3%.
Yates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14418 (Branchport, NY) is moderately conservative.
Branchport, New York is moderately conservative.
Yates County, New York is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Branchport, 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 14418 (Branchport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $3,928 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $10,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)