Parish, NY is a small town with a population of about 4,000 residents. The political landscape in Parish is influenced by both local and state-wide politics. On the local level, Parish has an elected mayor and a five-member city council that works to make decisions on issues that affect the community. Issues addressed include economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety and quality of life initiatives. On the state-wide level, Parish falls within the larger voting district that chooses representatives for the State of New York Assembly and Senate. These representatives help shape policy for all citizens across the state and have influence over how federal funds are used to benefit their constituents. Residents of Parish can stay informed of political candidates running for office by paying attention to campaign events in their local area as well as through media outlets such as news reports or online forums.
The political climate in Parish, 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
Parish, 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.
Parish, 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 Parish, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $1,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $4,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)