13165 Waterloo, NY is a small town in Seneca County located in the upstate region of New York. Politically, the town typically leans slightly more to the conservative side. In recent years, local Republican candidates have frequently had success in local elections. The current mayor of Waterloo is Republican Fred Handley, who was elected to office in 2019. He has been an advocate for fiscal responsibility and economic growth within the community during his tenure as mayor. Additionally, he has been working closely with community leaders to promote initiatives that benefit both local businesses and residents. Other members of the town's government include four Town Board Members and two town justices who serve staggered terms of four years each. These positions are largely held by Republicans as well, but there have been some Democrats who have had success in recent elections as well. Overall, 13165 Waterloo, NY is still mostly politically dominated by Republicans at the local level but with the right candidate and strategy Democrats can certainly make an impact on elections within this region of New York State as well.
The political climate in Zip 13165 (Waterloo, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Seneca County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Seneca County, NY 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seneca county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 44.2%.
Seneca county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13165 (Waterloo, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo, New York is somewhat conservative.
Seneca County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Seneca Falls 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.
Waterloo, 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 13165 (Waterloo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $5,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $9,114 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)