Hamilton, NY is a small rural town located in Madison County. It has a long history of political involvement, with citizens taking part in local and national elections. During election season, there are often debates and other events held at the Hamilton Town Hall to inform residents about the available candidates and their policies. These events also provide an opportunity for the people of Hamilton to voice their opinions on important issues and learn more about what each candidate stands for. On Election Day, Hamilton residents head to the polls with enthusiasm and camaraderie to cast their votes in order to make sure their voice is heard. Despite its small size, politics in Hamilton play an important role in deciding the outcome of many races both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Hamilton, NY is leaning conservative.
Madison County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Madison County, NY 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained strongly Republican, 54.1% to 43.5%.
Madison county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamilton, NY is leaning conservative.
Madison County, New York is somewhat 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.
Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,249 contributions totaling $577,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $85,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)