Westmoreland, NY is a small town located in Oneida County. It is home to a vibrant and active political scene, with a variety of local candidates competing for office. The town has an open primary system, allowing residents of all parties to weigh in on the local political process. Each election cycle, candidates from both major parties as well as independent and third-party contenders come together to debate the issues and put forward their positions on the best way forward. During the campaigns, residents are encouraged to get involved and make their voices heard by voting or attending local forums and debates to stay informed on the candidates’ platforms. The local elections shape the future of Westmoreland’s government and direction of public policies that impact its citizens.
The political climate in Westmoreland, NY is moderately 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
Westmoreland, NY is moderately 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.
Westmoreland, 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 Westmoreland, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,389 contributions totaling $1,280,436 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 977 contributions totaling $402,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $412 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)