Hermon, NY is a small town in the Adirondacks with a vibrant political scene. At the local government level, Hermon operates under a Town Supervisor and Town Board system of government. The five-member Town Board is composed of four elected officials who serve two-year terms and one appointed official. The current Town Supervisor is Greg Harrington, and the four members of the Town Board are Bill MacDougall, Betty White, Richard Smith, and Jessica Johnson. Each member of the board brings their own unique perspective to the table and works together to make sure that Hermon remains a friendly, safe place for its citizens. Every year there is an election held to determine who will serve on the town board. The election is an important part of Hermon's democracy where citizens get to exercise their right to vote in order to elect their leaders.
The political climate in Hermon, NY is somewhat conservative.
St. Lawrence County, NY is somewhat conservative. In St. Lawrence County, NY 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lawrence county remained strongly Republican, 54.8% to 43.1%.
St. Lawrence county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hermon, NY is somewhat conservative.
St. Lawrence County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Ogdensburg-Massena Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hermon, New York: D D D D 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 Hermon, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 310 contributions totaling $33,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $6,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)