Litchfield, NY is a small town in upstate New York that has a strong sense of community spirit. Although it is a relatively small town, there are several local political issues that need to be addressed. The Mayor of Litchfield has been working hard to ensure the town's growth and development through initiatives such as improving infrastructure, creating job opportunities, and promoting tourism. In addition, the town council collaborates with local organizations and businesses to foster economic growth and prosperity for all its citizens. Furthermore, the school board works closely with parents and teachers to ensure quality education for all students. Every two years, local residents have the chance to cast their vote for the mayor, school board members, and other important positions within Litchfield’s government. By doing so they can help shape their town’s future in a positive way.
The political climate in Litchfield, NY is strongly conservative.
Herkimer County, NY is strongly conservative. In Herkimer County, NY 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Herkimer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.4% to 33.9%.
Herkimer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Litchfield, NY is strongly conservative.
Herkimer County, New York is strongly 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.
Litchfield, 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 Litchfield, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $23,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $23,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)