Adams, NY is a small town located in upstate New York that has a strong sense of community and local involvement. Adams is mainly a rural community with a few small businesses sprinkled throughout. The town government is made up of an elected mayor and four elected council members who are each responsible for overseeing different departments within the town. Issues important to the citizens of Adams include local infrastructure, economic development, public education, environmental protection, and public safety. Every election season, local candidates campaign for office to represent their constituents’ concerns and priorities. In recent years these elections have been hotly contested as citizens try to ensure their voices are heard in the decisions that will affect their lives.
The political climate in Adams, NY is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, NY is moderately conservative. In Jefferson County, NY 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.5%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Adams, NY is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, New York is moderately conservative.
Watertown-Fort Drum 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.
Adams, 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 Adams, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 714 contributions totaling $64,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 299 contributions totaling $80,517 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)