Esperance, NY is a small town in Schoharie County with approximately 1,150 residents. As an unincorporated community, Esperance does not have any local elected officials and is overseen by the county government. The county has several elected representatives on both the state and federal level that serve to represent the people of Esperance in matters of politics and legislation. This includes two senators who are part of the New York State Senate and three representatives who are part of the US House of Representatives for New York's 19th Congressional District. Additionally, Schoharie County also has numerous local politicians representing various positions at both the county level and beyond. All these individuals work together to ensure that the citizens of Esperance enjoy fair representation in matters related to politics and government.
The political climate in Zip 12066 (Esperance, NY) is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, NY is moderately conservative. In Montgomery County, NY 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.7%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12066 (Esperance, NY) is moderately conservative.
Esperance, New York is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, New York is moderately conservative.
Amsterdam 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.
Esperance, New York: d 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 12066 (Esperance)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $7,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)