Le Ray, New York is a small town located in Jefferson County on the northern border of the state. Although it has a small population of just over 3,000 people, Le Ray is an active and vibrant community. The local government of Le Ray consists of the Supervisor, Town Board Members, Highway Superintendent, and Receiver of Taxes. These officials are elected to their positions by the citizens of Le Ray every two years. The citizens also play an important role in deciding local laws and ordinances that are enacted in the town. They can attend public meetings to voice their opinions on local issues and elect leaders who will represent their interests in the government. Each election cycle brings new faces to these positions, providing an opportunity for individuals with different backgrounds and perspectives to lead the town's government forward.
The political climate in Le Ray, NY is somewhat conservative.
Jefferson County, NY is moderately conservative. In Jefferson County, NY 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.5%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Le Ray, NY is somewhat conservative.
Jefferson County, New York is moderately conservative.
Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area is moderately 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.
Le Ray, New York: r R r r 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 Le Ray, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,116 contributions totaling $65,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $86,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)