Politics in the 13827 Owego, NY area are largely driven by local government. The Town of Owego is governed by an elected Town Board with five members, including a supervisor and four councilmembers. Every two years, residents in the town have the opportunity to elect their representatives to make decisions about their community. The Town Board holds monthly meetings to discuss relevant issues and create policies that will benefit the town as a whole. In addition to the Town Board, there are also several other boards and commissions that play an important role in politics in 13827 Owego, NY. These include the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Conservation Advisory Council, Historical Commission, and Youth Advisory Council. Each of these boards work together to address topics related to their area of expertise and provide input on various projects throughout the town. Ultimately, residents of 13827 Owego, NY have a strong voice in determining how their town is managed and how it will grow in the future.
The political climate in Zip 13827 (Owego, NY) is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, NY is moderately conservative. In Tioga County, NY 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 38.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13827 (Owego, NY) is moderately conservative.
Owego, New York is moderately conservative.
Tioga County, New York is moderately conservative.
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.
Owego, 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 13827 (Owego)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 651 contributions totaling $80,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $35,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)