German, NY is an unincorporated community located in the town of German, Herkimer County, New York. Politically, this area is represented by the Town of German officials. Currently, the Town Supervisor is Joseph A. Kinney and the Town Council Members are Kevin W. Smith, John C. Sitterly, Daniel J. Beadle and Raymond F. Swoverland Jr., all of whom were elected for a four-year term in November 2019. The town operates under a Supervisor/Council form of government; with day-to-day operations managed by a Town Administrator/Clerk and department heads such as Highway Superintendent and Code Enforcement Officer who are appointed by the Town Board. The town also works closely with state representatives to ensure that any local issues are addressed on both a local and state level.
The political climate in German, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chenango County, NY 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chenango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.1%.
Chenango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
German, NY is moderately conservative.
Chenango County, New York 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.
German, 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 German, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $3,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $116 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)