Hamilton, NY is located in Madison County and is a small rural town with a population of approximately 1,800. Although the town itself is relatively small, it has an active local politics scene with several different candidates running for the positions on the Hamilton Town Board. These candidates come from different backgrounds and offer their own perspectives on how best to manage the town's resources and provide its citizens with services. Many of these candidates have been actively campaigning for months leading up to election day and have held various debates and events throughout their campaigns to help educate the public on their platforms. In addition, there are many local organizations that work on behalf of the people in Hamilton that focus on issues such as economic development, environmental protection, public health, education, and more. As a result, residents of Hamilton can be sure that their voice will be heard throughout the political process in their community.
The political climate in Hamilton County, NY is strongly conservative.
In Hamilton County, NY 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.0%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamilton County, NY is strongly conservative.
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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.
Hamilton, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Hamilton County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $22,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $7,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)