Chittenango, NY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Chittenango

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Chittenango leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 83% of adults in Chittenango typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Chittenango, ~37% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Chittenango compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Chittenango leans more Republican than 37 of 129 neighbors.

Chittenango runs about 23 points more Republican than New York as a whole. New York leans Democratic overall, while Chittenango is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Chittenango. The north side is the most split-leaning (R+23) and the west side is the least split-leaning (R+3), a spread of about 20 points.

Why Chittenango leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Chittenango, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Chittenango votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 35%, above 82% of cities). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Chittenango runs against the grain of New York, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Chittenango, NY sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Chittenango looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Chittenango is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Chittenango have completed high school, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from New York State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.