Danube, NY is a small but vibrant rural community located in Upstate New York. The town is governed by a mayor and town council, who work collaboratively to ensure the local government meets the needs of all residents. The mayor and town council strive to provide essential services while also addressing local issues and striving for positive change. Danube works hard to ensure that all members of the community are represented at all levels of government, from local village board meetings to larger county and state legislative sessions. While population size means many local political candidates are not widely known, those chosen do their best to bring attention to the needs of Danube's citizens.
The political climate in Danube, NY is strongly conservative.
Herkimer County, NY is strongly conservative. In Herkimer County, NY 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Herkimer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.4% to 33.9%.
Herkimer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Danube, NY is strongly conservative.
Herkimer County, New York is strongly conservative.
Utica-Rome Metro Area is moderately 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.
Danube, 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 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 Danube, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 407 contributions totaling $22,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $12,119 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)