Norfolk, NY is a small rural town located in upstate New York. The town is governed by the Town Supervisor and four Town Council members who are elected to two-year terms. All of the local politics in Norfolk are managed by these five elected officials, who have the responsibility of making decisions about taxes, zoning laws, public services and infrastructure improvements throughout the town. The Town Supervisor is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, while the Council members focus on developing policies that will benefit the citizens of Norfolk. Community involvement and input are highly valued in Norfolk's local politics as all decisions made must reflect what is best for the entire community.
The political climate in Norfolk, 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
Norfolk, 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.
Norfolk, 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 Norfolk, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,029 contributions totaling $84,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $25,537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)