The city of Oneonta, NY is a vibrant and bustling community located in Otsego County. Politically, the city is represented by both state and local elected officials from various parties. At the state level, New York residents are represented by Senator James Seward and Assemblymember Christopher Friend. At the local level, Oneonta has two city council members, Colleen Ferron and Mark Coonan, as well as three county legislators for Otsego County – Pauline Kenny-Levings, Douglas Bouldin, and John Derwin. The politics in Oneonta tend to lean towards a more progressive perspective on issues such as climate change, health care access, and criminal justice reform while remaining allied with traditional values like fiscal responsibility. There is also a strong emphasis on promoting local businesses and protecting green spaces throughout the county. In general, whatever their political beliefs may be, Oneontans recognize the importance of working together to ensure the community thrives for generations to come.
The political climate in Oneonta, NY is leaning liberal.
Otsego County, NY is leaning conservative. In Otsego County, NY 46.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otsego county remained moderately Republican, 51.2% to 46.2%.
Otsego county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oneonta, NY is leaning liberal.
Otsego County, New York is leaning conservative.
Oneonta Metro Area is leaning 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.
Oneonta, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Oneonta, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,278 contributions totaling $50,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $21,155 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)