Manheim, NY is a small town located in upstate New York with a population of about 1,000 people. The town has a mayor and four trustees who make up the local government and are responsible for making decisions that affect the community. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will be elected to these positions. Residents of Manheim take their civic duties seriously and have been known to turn out in large numbers for their local political elections. The candidates running for office must be able to articulate their views on various issues that affect the town such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure projects and economic development. Voting is seen as an important part of participating in greater democracy and maintaining control over the future of the community.
The political climate in Manheim, NY is moderately 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
Manheim, NY is moderately 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.
Manheim, 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 Manheim, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $30,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $14,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)