Pitcairn, NY is a small town located in upstate New York. The local politics of Pitcairn are largely focused on issues that affect the day to day lives of its citizens. These issues include matters such as housing, local infrastructure, education, and public safety. The local government consists of a mayor and four trustees who work together to ensure that the town’s citizens have access to all of these services and benefits. The town also has a board of elections responsible for overseeing and conducting all voting related activities in the community. In Pitcairn, NY voting is very important and it is essential that everyone is informed about their local candidates in order to make an informed decision when voting.
The political climate in Pitcairn, 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
Pitcairn, 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.
Pitcairn, 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 Pitcairn, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 297 contributions totaling $11,199 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $6,057 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)