New Haven, NY is a diverse city located in upstate New York. It has a long history of being politically active, with many different factions vying for power. The most recent mayoral election saw the incumbent mayor, Justin Elicker, narrowly defeat his challenger to win re-election. In addition to local politics, New Haven has also been an important part of state politics with its representatives fighting for progressive policies and reforms on the state level. While its residents have differing political views, New Haven is united in its support of causes that focus on creating opportunity and promoting equity within the city.
The political climate in New Haven, NY is moderately conservative.
Oswego County, NY is moderately conservative. In Oswego County, NY 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oswego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.8%.
Oswego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Haven, NY is moderately conservative.
Oswego County, New York is moderately conservative.
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.
New Haven, 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 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 Haven, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,647 contributions totaling $81,303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 437 contributions totaling $45,496 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)