Lewis, NY County is situated in the south of New York State and has a strong political presence. The county is part of the state's 24th Congressional District, which is represented by Representative Anthony Brindisi. At the state level, Lewis County is represented by Senator Joseph Griffo and Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush. On the local level, Lewis County has a Board of Supervisors, representing each town and village within the county. The board works to oversee services such as public works, law enforcement, property taxes and social services for its residents. There are also many local organizations that are actively involved in advocating for their communities within Lewis County and work closely with elected officials to promote a better quality of life for all citizens in the region.
The political climate in 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
Lewis County, NY is very conservative.
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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.
Lewis, 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 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 Lewis County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 356 contributions totaling $13,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $13,737 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)