The politics in West Winfield, NY are largely focused on local issues and the welfare of the community. The town is represented in the New York State Assembly by Assembly Member Marc Butler, who was first elected to serve in 2011. Other notable local politicians include Senator Joseph Griffo, Assembly Member Brian Miller, and Congressman Anthony Brindisi. These representatives focus on issues such as infrastructure development, education reform, and health care access that are important to residents of West Winfield. In addition to its local representatives, West Winfield has a committee of citizens who meet monthly to discuss current events and plan initiatives that benefit the town's citizens. The committee works closely with its representatives to ensure that community needs are being met adequately. Overall, West Winfield strives for an engaged and informed populace that values integrity and transparency when making civic decisions.
The political climate in West Winfield, NY is moderately conservative.
Herkimer County, NY is strongly conservative. In Herkimer County, NY 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Herkimer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.4% to 33.9%.
Herkimer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Winfield, NY is moderately conservative.
Herkimer County, New York is strongly 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.
West Winfield, 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 West Winfield, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $2,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $2,027 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)