Willet, NY is a small town in central New York with a population of around 2,000 people. The town has been governed by the same mayor for the past twenty years and he works closely with the town council to ensure the best interests of Willet's citizens are met. The town council consists of six members who are elected for two-year terms and work hard to make sure that all local laws are upheld while ensuring that their constituents’ needs are met. In Willet, there have been many candidates running for office in recent elections. These candidates come from both major political parties as well as independent groups and all offer different perspectives on how Willet should move forward. Currently, the mayor is running unopposed and it looks like he will be reelected in November.
The political climate in Willet, NY is somewhat conservative.
Cortland County, NY is leaning conservative. In Cortland County, NY 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cortland county remained narrowly Republican, 49.8% to 47.8%.
Cortland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Willet, NY is somewhat conservative.
Cortland County, New York is leaning conservative.
Cortland Metro Area is leaning 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.
Willet, New York: r r d d 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 Willet, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 320 contributions totaling $16,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $3,479 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)