Port Jervis, NY is located in Orange County and is a small city right on the border with Pennsylvania. The politics of the city are very much centered around its size and population, with the majority of residents leaning politically conservative. The mayor of Port Jervis is Mary E. Decker, who was elected in 2017. As mayor, she has focused on improving infrastructure and public safety in the city. On the county level, Orange County has a Board of Supervisors that governs all areas within it. It is comprised of seven members who are elected by district. Orange County also has a popular state senator in former Congressman Bill Larkin, who has been serving since 1992 and has a long record of working to improve life for his constituents throughout Port Jervis and beyond. Overall, the local politics in 12771 Port Jervis are centered around fiscal responsibility and providing quality services to its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 12771 (Port Jervis, NY) is leaning conservative.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12771 (Port Jervis, NY) is leaning conservative.
Port Jervis, New York is leaning conservative.
Orange County, New York is leaning liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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 Jervis, 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 12771 (Port Jervis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $7,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $12,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)