Spencer, NY is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York State and has a population of approximately 1,800 people. With such a small population, Spencer's political representation is largely concentrated at the local level. The town is governed by a mayor and four trustees who are elected to four-year terms by the citizens of Spencer. Local elections are held twice a year with each officeholder serving for two years. As part of their duties, these representatives make decisions regarding issues such as taxes, public safety, road maintenance, and other matters related to the day-to-day operations of Spencer. Additional political representation includes county legislators and members of Congress who represent all residents of 14883 Spencer and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 14883 (Spencer, 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 14883 (Spencer, NY) is moderately conservative.
Spencer, 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.
Spencer, 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 14883 (Spencer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 269 contributions totaling $17,653 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)