The Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area is an important political hub in the state of New York. The region’s legislature and local government are active and engaged in representing their constituents’ interests. Local politicians in the area are mostly Democrats and Republicans, with a wide range of views on major issues like healthcare, education, and infrastructure. In recent years the area has seen an increase in young people running for office, which has led to a more diverse representation in the legislature. There are also organizations working on behalf of specific political causes such as increasing access to healthcare and improving public safety. These groups have helped shape the political landscape in this area over recent years and have had a positive influence on its residents.
The political climate in Utica-Rome Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Utica-Rome Metro Area 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Utica-Rome metro area remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 39.6%.
The Utica-Rome metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Utica-Rome, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Utica-Rome Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,744 contributions totaling $1,661,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,195 contributions totaling $735,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)