Fulton, NY is a small city located in Upstate New York. It is home to many different businesses, organizations and people. Politically, the city operates under the mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected by the citizens of Fulton every four years and presides over the City Council which consists of six members. The council members are elected to four year terms and are responsible for setting and enforcing policy within the city limits. Recently, there have been some changes in leadership as two new members were added to the council in 2020. They are working hard to ensure that all voices in Fulton are heard and represented fairly while striving to make Fulton an even better place to live.
The political climate in Fulton, NY is somewhat conservative.
Oswego County, NY is moderately conservative. In Oswego County, NY 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oswego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.8%.
Oswego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fulton, NY is somewhat conservative.
Oswego County, New York is moderately conservative.
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.
Fulton, 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 Fulton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $8,637 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $17,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)