Holland Patent is a small town located in Oneida County, New York. It has a long tradition of civic participation and involvement in local politics. Every year, local elections are held to fill public offices such as Town Supervisor, Town Council Member, and Town Clerk. Candidates run on platforms that reflect the values of the citizens of Holland Patent. The popular topics for these campaigns include preserving the rural character of Holland Patent, providing quality public services while managing taxes responsibly, and ensuring transparency in government operations. The turnout at these elections is usually high, indicating that the citizens take their roles as active participants in their local government seriously.
The political climate in Holland Patent, NY is moderately conservative.
Oneida County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Oneida County, NY 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oneida county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.2%.
Oneida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holland Patent, NY is moderately conservative.
Oneida County, New York is somewhat 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.
Holland Patent, 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 Holland Patent, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $2,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)