Oriskany, NY is a small town located in Oneida County. It is home to approximately 8,000 people and offers a wide variety of amenities for residents. The town is governed by a mayor and board of trustees who are responsible for the day-to-day management of municipal operations. Additionally, the village holds elections every two years for the mayor and four other members of the board of trustees. The elected officials are tasked with creating policies that ensure public safety, manage economic development initiatives, and promote quality of life in Oriskany. The local political climate is characterized by an ongoing dialogue between citizens and representatives from all levels of government. Citizens actively participate in public forums, advocate for their interests, and strive to shape the future of their community through civic engagement.
The political climate in Oriskany, NY is somewhat 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
Oriskany, NY is somewhat 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.
Oriskany, 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 Oriskany, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,085 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $64,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $842 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)