Au Sable Forks is a small community located in northern New York, just north of Lake Placid. It is a town with strong political roots, with many residents actively involved in local politics. The village has been an active participant in regional and state-wide politics since the early 1800's. In recent years, Au Sable Forks has become increasingly engaged in politics at all levels, from local to state and federal levels. The village is home to several political organizations that are dedicated to representing the interests of its citizens on issues ranging from environmental protection to economic development. Additionally, the village participates actively in electoral processes through its active involvement in voter registration drives and community education campaigns about important political topics. The people of Au Sable Forks take their politics seriously and strive to ensure their voice is heard on both local and national issues.
The political climate in Au Sable Forks, 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
Au Sable Forks, 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.
Au Sable Forks, 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 Au Sable Forks, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $24,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)