Syracuse, NY is a city located in Onondaga County. It has a rich political history and is currently home to many local politicians who are actively working to improve the quality of life for its citizens. Local government focuses on creating public policies that support economic development, job creation, environmental conservation, and social justice. In recent years, the city has seen strong leadership from Mayor Ben Walsh who has worked to make the city more business friendly, create jobs through investment in infrastructure projects, and address issues related to poverty and homelessness. Other local politicians include Common Council President Helen Hudson and Councilors At-Large Joe Driscoll and Pat Hogan who have both advocated for increased investment in neighborhoods to spur growth. Additionally, Assemblyman William Magnarelli represents the people of Syracuse in Albany while State Senators Rachel May and Robert Antonacci remain dedicated to representing constituents at the state level.
The political climate in Zip 13202 (Syracuse, NY) is strongly 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 13202 (Syracuse, NY) is strongly liberal.
Syracuse, New York is strongly 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 13202 (Syracuse)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 154 contributions totaling $108,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $704 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $105,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $582 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)