Schroon, NY is a small town located in Essex County with a population of around 1,700. Politics in the town are centered around the Town Board and Town Supervisor, who oversee and manage the town's various departments and services. The Town Board consists of four members elected by residents of Schroon to represent their interests at the local level. Elections for the board take place every two years. With its small size and close-knit community, local politics in Schroon tend to be highly personal – candidates are typically well-known names in town, many of whom have served on the board or other local committees in prior years. This familiarity allows voters to make informed decisions when it comes to elections for the board and helps ensure that their interests are accurately represented at the local level.
The political climate in Schroon, NY is leaning conservative.
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
Schroon, NY is leaning conservative.
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.
Schroon, 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 Schroon, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $68,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $510 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $3,443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)