The politics in 13502 Utica, NY are dominated by the Democratic Party. This is due to the city's long history of supporting and encouraging progressive policies and initiatives. The current mayor, Robert Palmieri, is a Democrat who was first elected in 2012 and re-elected for a fourth term in 2019. In addition to Mayor Palmieri, there are numerous local political candidates from both major parties running for office in Utica this year. Candidates range from experienced incumbents to those making their first bids for public office. These candidates will lead the city forward on issues such as economic development, affordable housing, public safety, infrastructure improvement and more. As the 2020 election season continues, all eyes will be on Utica to see how its citizens choose to guide it through these important times.
The political climate in Zip 13502 (Utica, NY) is leaning conservative.
Oneida County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Oneida County, NY 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oneida county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.2%.
Oneida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13502 (Utica, NY) is leaning conservative.
Utica, New York is leaning conservative.
Oneida County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Utica-Rome Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Utica, 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 13502 (Utica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 352 contributions totaling $32,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $23,803 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)