Oneida Castle, NY is a small village in Madison County with a population of about 1,200 people. The local political scene in Oneida Castle is quite vibrant and there are many candidates running for office each year. Local elections often feature spirited debates between the different candidates as they compete for mayor, town councilors, and other positions of leadership. The campaigns focus on issues that directly affect the citizens of the village including property taxes, infrastructure development, and public safety initiatives. Voters have the opportunity to determine which individual will best represent their community and make sure that local needs are met. Participation in local politics is essential to preserving and safeguarding the unique identity of Oneida Castle and ensuring that it remains a desirable place to live for generations to come.
The political climate in Oneida Castle, NY is leaning 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
Oneida Castle, NY is leaning 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.
Oneida Castle, 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 Oneida Castle, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 423 contributions totaling $535,861 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,267 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $528,808 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,726 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)