Essex County, NY is a county in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York State. Politics in Essex County are heavily influenced by local issues such as infrastructure, economic growth, and education. Politicians in the area have worked hard to maintain a strong economic base while also providing quality services for residents living in the various townships throughout the county. Local political candidates running for office focus on these issues and seek to improve living conditions through their policies and platform. Additionally, politicians strive to maintain a healthy relationship with state-level officials in order to receive additional resources and support for projects that will benefit residents of Essex County.
The political climate in 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
Essex County, NY is leaning liberal.
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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.
Essex, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Essex County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,635 contributions totaling $429,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 298 contributions totaling $115,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)