Canton, NY is a small town in St. Lawrence County with a rich history and warm community. The politics in Canton are largely focused on creating the best environment for residents and visitors alike. Politicians work to ensure that the town remains safe, efficient, and vibrant by advocating for local businesses, public transportation, and other infrastructure improvements. Additionally, they strive to keep taxes low and support initiatives that strengthen the local economy. Community engagement is also an important part of Canton’s political culture; candidates regularly seek feedback from residents in order to ensure their policy decisions reflect the desires and needs of those who live there.
The political climate in Canton, NY is leaning 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
Canton, NY is leaning 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.
Canton, 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 Canton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,983 contributions totaling $299,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $27,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)