Knox, NY is a small town in the Finger Lakes region of New York, located along the beautiful Canandaigua Lake. While it has a small population of just over 500 residents, it is home to an active and engaged community that takes pride in its local politics. Knox is governed by a Town Supervisor, and members of the Town Board who are elected at-large every two years. The town prides itself on having accessible and open forms of communication between local government officials and citizens. This allows for a strong sense of trust between citizens and their elected representatives. To ensure that all voices are heard, Knox hosts regular public forums where issues impacting the community can be discussed in an open forum. In addition to these events, there are plenty of opportunities for citizens to get involved in their town's political process through volunteering at local elections or joining grassroots organizations advocating for causes important to them. Ultimately, Knox strives to foster an environment where everyone feels included and empowered to make a difference in their community.
The political climate in Knox, NY is leaning liberal.
Albany County, NY is strongly liberal. In Albany County, NY 64.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albany county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Albany county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Knox, NY is leaning liberal.
Albany County, New York is strongly liberal.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Knox, 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 Knox, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,651 contributions totaling $168,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 273 contributions totaling $63,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)