New Berlin, NY is a small town located in Chenango County with a population of around 2,800 people. It is a rural town with lots of agricultural land and strong community ties. Politically, the town leans historically more towards Democratic values but it has been shifting its stance over the last few years. Local elections are competitive since there are many passionate candidates running for mayor, town council, and other local positions. The current mayor has been in office for the past eight years and is seen as a good steward of the town's resources. Local political debates often focus on development and land use policies as well as how best to allocate resources to ensure that all members of the community have access to quality services and amenities.
The political climate in New Berlin, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chenango County, NY 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chenango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.1%.
Chenango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Berlin, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, New York 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.
New Berlin, 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 New Berlin, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 554 contributions totaling $59,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $22,522 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)