Hope, NY is a small town located in the northeast region of the United States. It has a population of just under 10,000 people and is known for its quaint shops and warm community atmosphere. On the political side, Hope has always been a strongly Democratic-leaning town, with high voter turnout in local elections. There are three major political candidates who are running for office this year: Sharon Smith, Joe Johnson and Steve Wilson. Sharon Smith is an experienced attorney with several years of experience working on behalf of the community. Joe Johnson is a former police officer who has focused on public safety initiatives during his time in office. Finally, Steve Wilson is a retired educator with extensive knowledge of school policies and regulations. Each candidate brings their own strengths to the table and will be vying for voters’ attention throughout the election season.
The political climate in Hope, NY is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, NY is strongly conservative. In Hamilton County, NY 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.0%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hope, NY is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, New York is strongly 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.
Hope, 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 Hope, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174 contributions totaling $6,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $2,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)