Politics in the small town of Black Brook, NY are largely shaped by the local government. The town is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of 5 elected officials and a Mayor. The Board is responsible for making decisions about the town’s infrastructure, budget, and laws. All five trustees and the mayor are voted on by the citizens every two years during local elections. Local candidates tend to focus on topics such as improving public safety, maintaining roads and bridges, investing in youth activities, and keeping taxes low. In addition to politics at a local level, many citizens in Black Brook are also active participants in state-level politics as well as national issues.
The political climate in Black Brook, 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
Black Brook, 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.
Black Brook, 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 Black Brook, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 788 contributions totaling $78,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $13,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)