13863 Willet, NY is a small rural community located in upstate New York. The community is governed by the Town of Willet under the direction of the town supervisor and a board of elected council members. They are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the town including taxation, public safety, development and infrastructure. Additionally, Willet has two representatives at the county level who are involved in county politics. These representatives advocate for issues facing Willet's residents at the local government level. They also help ensure that Willet gets its fair share of resources from the county level. Overall, Willet has an active and engaged political atmosphere that allows its citizens to have their voices heard within their local government.
The political climate in Zip 13863 (Willet, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Cortland County, NY is leaning conservative. In Cortland County, NY 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cortland county remained narrowly Republican, 49.8% to 47.8%.
Cortland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13863 (Willet, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Willet, New York is somewhat conservative.
Cortland County, New York is leaning conservative.
Cortland 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.
Willet, 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 13863 (Willet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)