Syracuse, NY is located in Onondaga County and is the fifth most populous city in the state. The political landscape in Syracuse reflects the variety of its population. The city utilizes a mayor-council system of government where the mayor serves as the chief executive for the city, and shares legislative power with a nine-member common council. The mayoral election is held every four years and includes registered voters from across Onondaga County, who are eligible to cast their vote for a candidate of their choice. Numerous candidates have run for mayor over the years, offering different perspectives on issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, health care access and economic opportunity. In addition to local elections, residents also participate in state and national elections at all levels. Syracuse has seen an increase in political activism over recent years as more citizens become engaged in their local politics and strive to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Syracuse, NY is moderately liberal.
Onondaga County, NY is moderately liberal. In Onondaga County, NY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onondaga county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.9%.
Onondaga county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Syracuse, NY is moderately liberal.
Onondaga County, New York is moderately liberal.
Syracuse Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Syracuse, New York: D D D D D D
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 Syracuse, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,631 contributions totaling $986,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,331 contributions totaling $382,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)