The Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area is located in upstate New York and is home to a vibrant and engaged community. The area has a wide variety of political representation, with two congressional districts that are represented by U.S. representatives who work hard to ensure the needs of their constituents are being met. In addition, there are several representatives from the state legislature who work diligently for their district as well. Furthermore, the area also hosts a number of local elections throughout the year which provide opportunities for residents to get involved in politics on a more personal level. These elections include races for mayor, city council members, school board members and other positions that help shape the future of this growing metropolitan area. Residents can become involved in politics by attending local meetings, joining political organizations or volunteering on campaigns to make sure their voices are being heard.
The political climate in Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.5%.
The Watertown-Fort Drum metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watertown-Fort Drum 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.
Watertown-Fort Drum, 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 Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,511 contributions totaling $113,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 585 contributions totaling $147,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)