The city of Mexico, NY is located in Oswego County and has a population of 6,741 people as of 2019. The town of Mexico was officially established in 1813 and has a rich history which includes two Revolutionary War Patriots, Joseph Brown and Israel Chapin Jr. Today the city is governed by a mayor-council system with four elected council members which make up the legislative body that works alongside the mayor. The current mayor is Spencer W. Sweet who was elected in 2017 and reelected in 2021. The town of Mexico supports local businesses and takes part in several active civic organizations to help promote community growth and development. There are also a variety of clubs, organizations, committees, and events that are designed to help residents become more involved with their local government and overall well-being within their community.
The political climate in Zip 13114 (Mexico, 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 13114 (Mexico, NY) is moderately conservative.
Mexico, 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.
Mexico, 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 13114 (Mexico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $9,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)