Unadilla, NY is a small village in Otsego County with a population of 1,213 people. Politically, the village leans to the right as most of its inhabitants are registered Republicans. At the local level, Unadilla is represented by Mayor Bruce Rauch and Trustees William Hulbert and Craig Cochrane. All three were elected in 2017 and held their posts until 2021 when they were reelected. The village also has a Town Council which meets monthly to discuss issues related to the town's budget and growth plans. As a part of Otsego county, Unadilla also participates in countywide elections for county-level officials such as Sheriff or District Attorney. Unadilla residents can also vote in state-level elections for Assembly members or Senators. Finally, all US citizens over the age of 18 have the right to vote in federal elections for President and other important government offices.
The political climate in Unadilla, NY is somewhat conservative.
Otsego County, NY is leaning conservative. In Otsego County, NY 46.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otsego county remained moderately Republican, 51.2% to 46.2%.
Otsego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Unadilla, NY is somewhat conservative.
Otsego County, New York is leaning conservative.
Oneonta Metro Area is leaning 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.
Unadilla, 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 Unadilla, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 520 contributions totaling $30,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $41,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)