Louisville, NY is a small community located in St. Lawrence County, New York. Although the population of Louisville is relatively small with just over 4,000 people, its politics are just as important and impactful to the community as any other municipality in the area. The town is represented by local government officials who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of their constituents and for implementing policy measures which affect the local populace. Local elections are held every two years, allowing residents to elect their representatives according to their preferences. There has been much debate over the years about various issues affecting Louisville such as taxes, education and public safety. In addition to local government officials, state legislators also represent Louisville at the state level and work to ensure that laws passed in Albany reflect the needs of this small city in St. Lawrence County.
The political climate in Louisville, NY is somewhat 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
Louisville, NY is somewhat 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.
Louisville, 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 Louisville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 663 contributions totaling $60,389 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $20,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)