Paul Smiths, NY is a small town located in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. It is home to about 500 people, and its politics reflects the values of its tight-knit community. The government of Paul Smiths is led by an elected mayor, who serves as the executive for the village. The village also has a Board of Trustees who work together to make decisions on local issues. In recent years, local efforts have been focused on promoting sustainable development and preserving the unique natural beauty of the area. Local political candidates are often active in community events, giving residents an opportunity to get to know them and their views on important issues. Ultimately, it is up to each individual voter to decide who they want to represent them in Paul Smiths' local government.
The political climate in Zip 12970 (Paul Smiths, NY) is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, NY is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, NY 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.0%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12970 (Paul Smiths, NY) is leaning conservative.
Paul Smiths, New York is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, New York is leaning conservative.
Malone Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Paul Smiths, New York: d d D D 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 zip 12970 (Paul Smiths)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $5,388 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)