Washington Mills, NY is a small town located in the Mohawk Valley region of New York State. With its close-knit community, it has a strong sense of local pride and participation in the political process. Every year, citizens participate in the democratic process by voting for their local representatives in both state and national elections. While Washington Mills does not have any identified political parties, there is still an active political presence in the community. Residents attend town hall meetings to discuss issues affecting their everyday lives, such as taxes, transportation, education, and healthcare. In addition to these discussions, candidates visit Washington Mills during election season to debate important topics that could impact the whole town. As a result of this engagement with politics, Washington Mills remains a vibrant and engaged community that takes part in the democratic process every day.
The political climate in Washington Mills, 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
Washington Mills, 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.
Washington Mills, 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 Washington Mills, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,331 contributions totaling $203,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $110,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)