The politics in Whitesboro, NY are very important to the community. The town holds local elections every two years to elect a mayor and members of the village board of trustees. In recent years, the primary issues that have been discussed during these elections include public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and community engagement. The results of these elections have had a major impact on the direction of the town and its future growth. Additionally, many civic organizations such as churches and clubs provide forums for citizens to express their political views and engage in meaningful dialogue with their elected representatives. This helps ensure that each citizen's voice is heard and that their concerns are taken into account.
The political climate in Whitesboro, NY is leaning 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
Whitesboro, NY is leaning 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.
Whitesboro, 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 Whitesboro, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 409 contributions totaling $22,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $23,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)