Lee, NY is a small town located in the southern part of New York State. It is known for its small-town charm and strong sense of community. Politically, Lee has traditionally been a conservative community with most voters identifying as Republican and supporting fiscally-conservative policies. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing number of people registering as Democrats or Independents as well as an increase in support for progressive policies such as education reform and environmental protection. Local elections are held every two years and usually feature a few candidates from both major parties vying for seats on the town council or board of selectmen. The current mayor is a Republican and the council is composed mostly of Republicans as well. In general, the political atmosphere in Lee remains fairly conservative but it is slowly becoming more diverse and progressive in outlook.
The political climate in Lee, NY is somewhat conservative.
Oneida County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Oneida County, NY 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oneida county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.2%.
Oneida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee, NY is somewhat conservative.
Oneida County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Utica-Rome Metro Area 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.
Lee, 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 Lee, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 825 contributions totaling $54,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $201,489 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $796 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)