13788 Hobart, NY is a small town located in the Southern Tier of Upstate New York. Although it has been around since the late 1700s, it still retains much of its small-town charm. As such, local politics are an important part of life here. The most pressing political issues involve improving infrastructure and services for the townspeople. Residents are very engaged in their local politics and take part in monthly town meetings to discuss matters such as zoning regulations, school budgets, and public works projects. Local elected officials represent the interests of the citizens and work hard to make sure that their voices are heard at all levels of government. While there may not be any current candidates running for office at this time, residents can often find information about upcoming elections by attending town meetings or visiting websites like the Town of Hobart's website or voting sites like VoteSmart.org.
The political climate in Zip 13788 (Hobart, NY) is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, NY is moderately conservative. In Delaware County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13788 (Hobart, NY) is moderately conservative.
Hobart, New York is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, New York is moderately conservative.
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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.
Hobart, 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 13788 (Hobart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $1,349 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $492 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)