The small town of Port Crane, NY, located in Broome County with a population of just over 5,000 people, has a political landscape that reflects the community's conservative values. The local politics in Port Crane are largely centered around economic growth, public safety initiatives, and maintaining the small town atmosphere of the community. In terms of elections, Port Crane residents typically vote as a bloc for candidates who represent their interests and values. In recent years, voters have shown support for Republicans running in both state and federal elections due to their strong commitment to fiscal responsibility and economic growth. The current mayor is Republican Bob Smith who was elected in 2020 after campaigning on promises to bring more businesses to the area and invest in small business infrastructure. Local residents also show support for initiatives to keep crime low and ensure that Port Crane remains a safe place for families to live. Overall, politics in 13833 Port Crane is largely driven by its citizens’ desire to keep their town vibrant while ensuring that it remains true to its traditional values.
The political climate in Zip 13833 (Port Crane, NY) is leaning conservative.
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 13833 (Port Crane, NY) is leaning conservative.
Port Crane, New York is leaning conservative.
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.
Port Crane, 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 13833 (Port Crane)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)