The small town of Jay, NY (12941) is situated in the Adirondack Mountains and has a rich history that dates back to 1819. The town is governed by an elected board of supervisors, who are responsible for enacting laws and ordinances, as well as appointing the town's various departments. These include a police department, fire department, highway and maintenance department, and health department. The citizens of Jay take part in local government activities through municipal elections every two years for mayor and four board members. The current mayor is John Stevens. As a small rural community, Jay lacks any major political divisions or parties. Instead, residents focus on issues that benefit their quality of life such as creating jobs within the area, increasing public safety measures, and preserving the environment. Additionally, there are several organizations that work to promote civic engagement in Jay such as the Jay Chamber of Commerce and local nonprofits like Rebuild Jay Inc.
The political climate in Zip 12941 (Jay, 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 12941 (Jay, NY) is leaning conservative.
Jay, 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.
Jay, 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 12941 (Jay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $6,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)