Middleville, NY is a small town located in the heart of Upstate New York. Despite its small size, it is an important political center for the region. The town’s political landscape is dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties, with each party holding several seats on the local government. Every two years Middleville elects representatives to serve in both state and congressional offices. In addition to this, citizens of Middleville also have the opportunity to directly influence their local government through voting in school board elections as well as other special elections throughout the year. While Middleville residents tend to lean towards either party, there is still a great deal of discussion and debate about various issues that affect them on a local level. As such, politics in Middleville is always an interesting topic among its citizens and many passionate debates can be heard coming from the town hall whenever elections approach.
The political climate in Middleville, NY is strongly 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
Middleville, NY is strongly 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.
Middleville, 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 Middleville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $2,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $3,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)