Johnson City, NY is a thriving small city with a population of about 13,790 residents. It is located in Broome County in the Southern Tier of New York State. Johnson City has an active local political scene, including candidates sponsored by both major political parties. The current mayor is Maryemma Baker, a Democrat who was elected in 2017 after her successful run for office. Maryemma's tenure has been marked by her work to create more jobs and investment opportunities for Johnson City residents, as well as her commitment to maintaining the city's vibrant sense of community. Other notable political figures include councilwoman Michelle Davis-Hines and city clerk Meghan Tiseo. Both women are dedicated to working on behalf of their constituents and have done so in an open and transparent manner since taking office. Johnson City prides itself on its deep commitment to engaging citizens in the political process and offering them meaningful representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 13790 (Johnson City, 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 13790 (Johnson City, NY) is leaning liberal.
Johnson City, 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.
Johnson City, 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 13790 (Johnson City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 436 contributions totaling $27,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $15,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)