The politics of 13156 Sterling, NY is an important aspect of life in the area. The local government consists of a Mayor and four elected City Council members who oversee citywide policies and make decisions on behalf of the citizens. In recent years, there has been a focus on making Sterling a better place to live by supporting businesses, creating more recreational opportunities for all ages, and working to improve public infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks. Local candidates for Mayor have included incumbent Mayor David Smith who has served since 2001 and challenger Bill Jones who ran in the most recent election. The City Council race featured five candidates with Ray Foster being recently re-elected. Community members are encouraged to become involved in local political issues by attending meetings at City Hall or joining one of the many civic organizations in the area.
The political climate in Zip 13156 (Sterling, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Cayuga County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Cayuga County, NY 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cayuga county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 44.4%.
Cayuga county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13156 (Sterling, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Sterling, New York is somewhat conservative.
Cayuga County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Auburn Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sterling, New York: d 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 zip 13156 (Sterling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $11,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)