The politics in 12852 Newcomb, NY are quite active. The small town has a population of around 1,500 people and is represented locally by the Town Council. Elected officials for the Town Council are chosen yearly in local elections by the residents of the town. There is a lot of community involvement in making sure that the elected officials represent their best interests and create positive change for the town. Issues like taxes, zoning regulations, infrastructure improvements, and public safety are all discussed at these meetings. It's important to note that while members of the Town Council have differing opinions on how best to move forward on these topics, they all do have one thing in common – working together to make sure that all of their constituents feel heard and represented when it comes to making decisions about Newcomb's future.
The political climate in Zip 12852 (Newcomb, 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 12852 (Newcomb, NY) is leaning conservative.
Newcomb, 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.
Newcomb, 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 12852 (Newcomb)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,697 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)