Cicero, NY is a small town located in the northern part of the state. It has a long history of political involvement, with many local elections taking place every year to choose representatives for its municipal government. The Cicero Town Board consists of five members elected at-large to serve four-year terms. Elections for Town Board are staggered with three seats up for election every two years. The Mayor of Cicero serves a two-year term and is elected by majority vote from the board members. Members of the Cicero Town Board have a variety of duties, including budgeting, passing laws, and providing services for the citizens of Cicero. They also represent the town in negotiations with other local governments and organizations on matters such as taxes and economic development projects. Each election cycle brings out different candidates who seek to represent their community and advocate for their constituents’ interests.
The political climate in Cicero, NY is leaning liberal.
Onondaga County, NY is moderately liberal. In Onondaga County, NY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onondaga county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.9%.
Onondaga county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cicero, NY is leaning liberal.
Onondaga County, New York is moderately liberal.
Syracuse Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Cicero, New York: D D D D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Cicero, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,215 contributions totaling $131,612 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 992 contributions totaling $249,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)