Harrietstown, NY is a small town in the Adirondack region that is largely known for its outdoor recreation activities and breathtaking views. Politically, Harrietstown has been represented by Democrat Betty Danner in the Assembly since 2020 and by Republican Chris Jacobs in the Senate since 2019. The town’s mayor is John Jones and he was first elected into office in 2016. All of the other local elected offices are held by Democrats including Judge Michael Stiles and Comptroller Linda Smith. Harrietstown residents have favored Democratic candidates in most elections over the last decade as well as supporting initiatives that would benefit the environment and local businesses. The townsfolk believe that their representatives should strive to promote economic growth while also preserving what makes their town so unique.
The political climate in Harrietstown, NY is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, NY is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, NY 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.0%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrietstown, NY is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, New York is leaning conservative.
Malone Metro Area is leaning 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.
Harrietstown, 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 Harrietstown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,805 contributions totaling $398,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $29,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)