Antwerp, NY is located in Jefferson County and has a population of about 1,000 people. The town is serviced by a town board comprised of four elected members. Each member serves a four-year term and oversees the management of the Town's finances, law enforcement, public works, recreation programs and other services. The Town Board holds monthly meetings to discuss proposed projects, review the budget and address any other business that needs to be addressed. In addition to the Town Board, there are several local political candidates who are running for various positions in Antwerp. These candidates come from both parties and have different ideas on how to best serve the community. They all strive to make Antwerp better for its residents while promoting responsible economic growth for the area.
The political climate in Antwerp, 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
Antwerp, 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.
Antwerp, 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 Antwerp, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 417 contributions totaling $15,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $8,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)