The politics in 13152 Skaneateles, NY are focused on the local community and its needs. Local politicians strive to provide quality services, while balancing fiscal responsibility. The city is served by an elected mayor and board of trustees who make decisions on behalf of the residents. Issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and housing are amongst the topics discussed regularly in council meetings. From time to time citizens are invited to voice their opinions and share concerns at these meetings as well as through other means of communication such as surveys and town hall events. By actively engaging with residents, elected officials create a transparent government that values all voices within the community.
The political climate in Zip 13152 (Skaneateles, NY) is leaning liberal.
Onondaga County, NY is moderately liberal. In Onondaga County, NY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onondaga county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.9%.
Onondaga county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13152 (Skaneateles, NY) is leaning liberal.
Skaneateles, New York is leaning liberal.
Onondaga County, New York is moderately liberal.
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.
Skaneateles, New York: D D D D D D
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 13152 (Skaneateles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 722 contributions totaling $113,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 450 contributions totaling $372,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $828 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)