New Hartford, NY is a small town located in Oneida County with a population of 21,430. The politics in New Hartford are often focused on local issues and development projects that will improve the quality of life for its citizens. The Town Board is the governing body and is composed of five members who serve four year terms. They are responsible for approving budgets, setting policies, enforcing laws, and representing the interests of the citizens in New Hartford. Local elections occur every two years to determine who will fill each seat on the Town Board. Voters also have the opportunity to weigh in on referendums or initiatives that may be presented to them from time to time as well. In general, New Hartford's political atmosphere focuses on ensuring the town remains a great place for its citizens to live, work, and visit.
The political climate in New Hartford, 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
New Hartford, 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.
New Hartford, 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 New Hartford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,146 contributions totaling $1,317,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,035 contributions totaling $803,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)