Sherrill, NY is a small town located in Oneida County. It has a rich history of politics and an active local government. The town is primarily governed by the Mayor and four trustees, who are elected for two-year terms to lead the day-to-day operations of the city. They are also responsible for enforcing laws, overseeing financial matters, and creating ordinances that govern municipal services. The city also holds regular council meetings where members of the community can come and voice their opinions on various topics related to local government operations. Local elections in Sherrill often feature a variety of candidates from both political parties running for office. This allows citizens to make decisions that reflect their own values when it comes to governing the town. Although local politics don’t always draw as much attention as those on a state or national level, they are an important part of keeping Sherrill safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Sherrill, 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
Sherrill, 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.
Sherrill, 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 Sherrill, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 465 contributions totaling $537,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $529,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,523 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)