Lowville, NY is a small town located in the rural areas of New York. It has a tight-knit community with many people involved in local politics. The town has a mayor and six council members who are elected by the citizens every two years and serve as the governing body of the town. All politics in Lowville is conducted in an open forum with citizens invited to voice their opinions and help shape decisions for the betterment of the community. The mayor and council also hold regular meetings to discuss issues relevant to Lowville's citizens. Discussions about budgets, laws, regulations, infrastructure improvements, public services, and other matters that affect life within the town are frequently discussed in these meetings. Lowville also works closely with its neighboring towns on issues concerning local businesses, schools, roads, and other shared resources.
The political climate in Lowville, NY is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, NY is very conservative. In Lewis County, NY 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 29.5%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lowville, NY is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, New York is very 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.
Lowville, 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 Lowville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $12,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $14,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)