The small town of North Elba, NY is known for its quaint charm and close-knit community. Despite its small size, the town plays a big role in local politics. The town is part of the New York State Assembly's 118th District, which is represented by Assemblymember Billy Jones. On the county level, North Elba is part of Essex County and shares representation with other towns in the region as well. At the federal level, North Elba is part of New York's 21st Congressional District and has been represented since 2019 by Democratic Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. As a result, citizens of North Elba have access to representatives from all three levels of government that are committed to advocating for their interests.
The political climate in North Elba, NY is leaning liberal.
Essex County, NY is leaning liberal. In Essex County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.6%.
Essex county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Elba, NY is leaning liberal.
Essex County, New York is leaning 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.
North Elba, New York: r r D D r 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 North Elba, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,553 contributions totaling $521,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 362 contributions totaling $86,164 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)