Butternuts, NY is a small town in New York State with a rich history of local politics. The town has a long standing tradition of encouraging citizens to become involved in the political process, and many residents take part in local elections each year. Political candidates at the local level campaign hard to win the hearts and minds of Butternuts' voters, and work to provide the best possible representation for their constituents. With an array of different ideas and perspectives, these politicians strive to make their town better by fighting for the betterment of all its citizens. From public safety initiatives to education reform, local representatives have worked diligently to improve Butternuts both economically and culturally.
The political climate in Butternuts, 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
Butternuts, 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.
Butternuts, 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 Butternuts, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 676 contributions totaling $25,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $16,654 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)