Herkimer County, NY is a county located in Upstate New York and its political landscape is diverse. Currently the county executive for Herkimer County is Anthony J. Picente Jr., from the Republican Party. The Herkimer County Legislature has 17 members, and consists of 13 Republicans and 4 Democrats. Local political candidates include Philip D'Angelo, who is running for the New York State Assembly District 118 seat, as well as Jacob A. Kline III who is running for the same seat on the Democratic ticket. There are also several local school boards that are managed by elected members, ensuring that representatives from within the community are involved in making decisions about education policy in Herkimer County. Overall, this county provides an interesting mix of different political perspectives with delegates from both major parties playing a role in shaping Herkimer's politics.
The political climate in Herkimer County, NY is strongly conservative.
In Herkimer County, NY 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Herkimer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.4% to 33.9%.
Herkimer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Herkimer County, NY is strongly 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.
Herkimer, 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 Herkimer County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,093 contributions totaling $79,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 275 contributions totaling $42,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)