Mooers, NY is a town located in Clinton County with a population of just over 2,000 people. Although the population is relatively small, the political landscape of Mooers is an important factor in determining the future direction of the town. Residents of Mooers have access to representation at all levels of government from local town boards and councils to county, state and federal legislative bodies. In addition to local officials who are elected by residents every two years, citizens can choose representatives for their district in Albany and Washington D.C., including their US Senator and Congressional Representative. With such a small population, locals can take an active role in shaping Mooers’ politics by voting in elections, joining political organizations or attending public meetings held by local officials.
The political climate in Mooers, NY is leaning conservative.
Clinton County, NY is leaning liberal. In Clinton County, NY 51.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained moderately Democratic, 51.8% to 46.6%.
Clinton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mooers, NY is leaning conservative.
Clinton County, New York is leaning liberal.
Plattsburgh Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Mooers, New York: d d D D d d
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 Mooers, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $11,789 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $10,711 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)