Syracuse, New York is the fifth most populous city in the state, with a population of more than 145,000 people. The city is part of Onondaga County and is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government. The current mayor of Syracuse is Ben Walsh, who was first elected in 2017. Walsh and his team have been working to improve quality of life for Syracuse citizens and businesses by investing in issues such as improving neighborhoods, job creation, and economic development. On the county level, Ryan McMahon serves as County Executive for Onondaga County. He was elected to this position after serving several years as a county legislator. McMahon has focused on reducing poverty rates through initiatives such as increasing access to technology and public transportation while also promoting smart growth through preserving greenspace and investing in infrastructure projects. Locally there are several city council members representing different districts within the city who work together with the mayor to ensure that decisions made benefit all residents of Syracuse.
The political climate in Zip 13290 (Syracuse, NY) is moderately 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 13290 (Syracuse, NY) is moderately liberal.
Syracuse, New York is moderately 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.
Syracuse, 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 13290 (Syracuse)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)