The town of Sidney, NY is located in the county of Delaware and has a population of around 5,000 people. It is a small rural community with a strong sense of local pride. There is a vibrant political landscape in this small town as its citizens show strong engagement in the democratic process. Local elections are hotly contested and typically feature two or more candidates vying for office. The issues that Sidney’s residents are most concerned with include economic development, education, public safety, and environmental stewardship. Residents in this area have deep roots to their home and take pride in their ongoing local efforts to make it an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 13838 (Sidney, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, NY is moderately conservative. In Delaware County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13838 (Sidney, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Sidney, New York is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, New York is moderately conservative.
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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.
Sidney, New York: R R r r 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 13838 (Sidney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $5,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $6,137 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)