De Witt, NY is a small town in the state of New York. It has a close-knit community atmosphere and its residents are passionate about their government and politics. The town is served by an elected board of supervisors, which makes decisions on local issues such as land use, taxes, zoning ordinances, and the budget for governmental services. Residents of De Witt also have a strong voice in the election process - every four years they elect a mayor or village president who serves as the head of local government, along with members of their village board. In addition to that, De Witt residents vote for representatives to the Onondaga County Legislature and other county offices, as well as State Assembly members and State Senators for their district. A variety of political parties are represented in De Witt and its citizens come together to debate important issues facing their community.
The political climate in De Witt, NY is somewhat liberal.
Onondaga County, NY is moderately liberal. In Onondaga County, NY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onondaga county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.9%.
Onondaga county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
De Witt, NY is somewhat liberal.
Onondaga County, New York is moderately liberal.
Syracuse Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
De Witt, New York: D D D D D D
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 De Witt, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,459 contributions totaling $1,547,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,459 contributions totaling $629,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)