Willsboro, NY is a rural town in upstate New York. Politically, the town has traditionally been conservative, with most of its citizens favoring Republican candidates and policies. However, in recent years there has been an attempt among some local residents to move the town towards more progressive stances on certain issues. In the last election cycle, there was a close race for mayor between a candidate that favored traditional Republican values and another that supported more progressive positions. Ultimately, the traditional Republican candidate won out, but many local citizens remain hopeful that their voices will be heard in future elections.
The political climate in Willsboro, 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
Willsboro, 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.
Willsboro, 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 Willsboro, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 652 contributions totaling $37,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $16,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $638 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)