The politics in the 13346 Hamilton, NY area are influenced by larger political issues and trends both statewide and nationally. Hamilton is located in Madison County, which is represented at the state level by Senator Rachel May and Assemblyman John Salka. In addition to their representation at the state level, Hamilton is part of a larger Congressional district that is represented by Congressman Anthony Brindisi in the United States House of Representatives. At the local level, Hamilton’s government consists of a Mayor and four trustees who are elected to represent the town's interests on various matters. This board of trustees also appoints members to serve on other boards such as those for planning, zoning, recreation, and finance. Together these board members work towards representing and furthering the best interests of their community while keeping in mind larger national political contexts.
The political climate in Zip 13346 (Hamilton, NY) is leaning conservative.
Madison County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Madison County, NY 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained strongly Republican, 54.1% to 43.5%.
Madison county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13346 (Hamilton, NY) is leaning conservative.
Hamilton, New York is leaning conservative.
Madison County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Syracuse Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Hamilton, New York: R 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 13346 (Hamilton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,223 contributions totaling $199,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $29,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)