The small rural town of 13612 Black River, NY is home to a tight-knit community of around 3,500 people. The local government is led by a mayor and four trustees who are elected by the citizens. They strive to make sure that the town remains a safe and welcoming place for all of its residents. The town has an active voting population as well, with many of the locals being proud to exercise their right to vote in local elections. While no local political candidates are currently running for office, the people of 13612 Black River, NY still take their civic duties seriously and remain engaged in the political matters that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 13612 (Black River, NY) is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, NY is moderately conservative. In Jefferson County, NY 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.5%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13612 (Black River, NY) is moderately conservative.
Black River, New York is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, New York is moderately conservative.
Watertown-Fort Drum Metro Area is moderately 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.
Black River, 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 zip 13612 (Black River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)