Hastings, NY, located in Oswego County, is a small yet thriving community with a population of approximately 1,800. The town is led by an elected three-member Town Board and the current Supervision is Kevin Hillinger. The Town Board members are responsible for overseeing the various departments in the town government and for providing guidance on issues such as services provided to residents, budgeting, quality of life initiatives, and public safety. Residents of Hastings also have the opportunity to vote for local political candidates at election time. Candidates are often community members who are passionate about making changes that will benefit the entire Hastings area and keep it a great place to live for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 13076 (Hastings, NY) is moderately conservative.
Oswego County, NY is moderately conservative. In Oswego County, NY 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oswego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.8%.
Oswego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13076 (Hastings, NY) is moderately conservative.
Hastings, New York is moderately conservative.
Oswego County, New York is moderately 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.
Hastings, 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 13076 (Hastings)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)