La Fargeville, NY is a small village located in Northern New York. It has a population of around 500 people and is part of the larger town of Orleans. The political atmosphere in La Fargeville is quite relaxed, as it is mainly residential and rural in nature. Local decisions are usually made by the village board, which consists of five members elected by local residents to serve a two-year term. Elections for these board members are held every two years on the second Tuesday in March. Each board member takes turns presiding over meetings and making decisions about village issues such as infrastructure, development, zoning, and other matters that affect the community. The occasional mayor also serves as an ex officio member of the board, although they are not directly elected but appointed instead. Residents of La Fargeville can engage with their local politics through attending public hearings or volunteering to serve on various boards and committees within the village.
The political climate in La Fargeville, 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
La Fargeville, 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.
La Fargeville, 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 La Fargeville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $651 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)