Whitestown, NY is a small town with a close-knit community that takes pride in its hometown government. Every two years, the residents come together to select their local government leaders. During this election season, many candidates have put themselves forward to represent the town and its people. The candidates are all well-known members of the community who have a strong commitment towards working towards what is best for Whitestown. They come from different backgrounds and have varied perspectives on how the town should be run and improved upon. Each candidate has outlined what they plan to do for Whitestown if elected and the election promises to be an exciting one as residents will soon choose who will lead their community in the next few years.
The political climate in Whitestown, NY is somewhat 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
Whitestown, NY is somewhat 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.
Whitestown, 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 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 Whitestown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,129 contributions totaling $393,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,483 contributions totaling $618,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)