Essex, NY is a small town located in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. It has a population of about 1,400 people and is governed by a Town Council. The town council consists of five members elected by the residents every two years. These members are responsible for making decisions on the town's budget, infrastructure, ordinances, and development plans. In recent years, the town has seen an increase in tourism due to its picturesque landscape and outdoor recreational activities such as skiing and snowmobiling. Local political candidates in Essex are actively engaged in finding ways to improve people's quality of life while promoting economic growth and environmental protection. As part of their campaigns they have become champions for issues like affordable housing, education reform, clean energy initiatives, and preserving the unique nature of this small community.
The political climate in Zip 12936 (Essex, NY) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 12936 (Essex, NY) is leaning conservative.
Essex, New York is leaning conservative.
Essex County, New York 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 zip 12936 (Essex)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 441 contributions totaling $32,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $57,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)