Rome, NY is located in the Mohawk River Valley and has a population of 33,725. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with eight wards divided into three districts for representation on the Common Council. The current Mayor is Jacqueline Izzo and the current Deputy Mayor is Michael Giannitelli. The Common Council members include: Kevin J. Beck, Kimberly M. Carbone, Randal D. Petragnani, George J. Meyer Jr., Ronald Amoia Jr., Julie Blakely, Mark D鈥橝ndrea and John Tarantelli III. Every two years there are local elections for each of the eight wards鈥檚 council positions as well as the mayor position which are filled through an election process that includes nomination from political parties such as Republican and Democrat or an independent candidate鈥檚 path to eligibility . Issues like infrastructure improvements, economic development, and public safety are always at the forefront of debate during Rome mayoral and Common Council elections.
The political climate in Zip 13440 (Rome, 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
Zip 13440 (Rome, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Rome, New York 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.
Rome, 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 13440 (Rome)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 715 contributions totaling $45,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 216 contributions totaling $198,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $919 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)