Oswego County is located in the central part of New York state and is home to a unique political environment. The county is governed by a board of elected legislators, who are responsible for creating laws, budgets, and other decisions that affect the lives of residents. This board holds regular public meetings to discuss current issues and concerns. Oswego County also has its own party system, with both Democrats and Republicans running for office at the local level. Additionally, the county also has active non-partisan organizations such as local service clubs and civic groups that work hard to support their communities. Many residents take an active role in politics by participating in campaigns or attending town hall meetings. With its strong sense of civic duty, Oswego County continues to be an important part of New York's political scene.
The political climate in Oswego County, NY is moderately conservative.
In Oswego County, NY 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oswego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.8%.
Oswego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oswego County, NY is moderately conservative.
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.
Oswego, 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 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 Oswego County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,687 contributions totaling $121,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 723 contributions totaling $81,048 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)