The small village of Homer, NY (13077) is represented in the political arena by a mayor and four trustees. Located in the Town of Cortlandville, Homer has two representatives on the town board, as well as one representative on the county legislature. The village also participates in local elections for the school system and other special-purpose districts. Homer is a mainly rural area with small businesses and family farms dotting its landscape. As with most localities in the state, politics in Homer revolve around issues such as taxes, school funding, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure maintenance. During election season, residents can expect to see local candidates campaigning on these important topics. Ultimately, however, it is up to each individual resident to cast their vote for which candidate or platform they think will best serve their community’s needs.
The political climate in Zip 13077 (Homer, NY) is leaning conservative.
Cortland County, NY is leaning conservative. In Cortland County, NY 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cortland county remained narrowly Republican, 49.8% to 47.8%.
Cortland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13077 (Homer, NY) is leaning conservative.
Homer, New York is leaning conservative.
Cortland County, New York is leaning conservative.
Cortland 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.
Homer, New York: r r d d 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 13077 (Homer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 455 contributions totaling $23,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $25,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)