St. Armand, NY is a small town in western New York state with a population of just over 1,000 people. The town has a long history of being a very politically active community, and that activity continues to this day. Every election season there is usually an interesting race for the local political offices, including Mayor, Town Council, and various other positions. In recent years the main contenders have been members of both major parties as well as some independents and several minor party candidates. This year's election will be sure to bring about much debate and discussion around the local issues facing St. Armand. A number of important issues are up for consideration this season, such as taxes, education reform, infrastructure projects, and economic development initiatives. Residents should take advantage of their ability to have a say in these matters at the ballot box by voting for candidates that best represent their values and beliefs when it comes to St. Armand's future.
The political climate in St. Armand, NY is leaning conservative.
Essex County, NY is leaning liberal. In Essex County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.6%.
Essex county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Armand, NY is leaning conservative.
Essex County, New York 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.
St. Armand, New York: r r D D r 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 St. Armand, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,482 contributions totaling $338,792 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $25,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)