The small town of Olmstedville, NY is located in New York state's Warren County and has a population of 12857 people. It is a rural area with a close-knit community, and the local politics reflect that atmosphere. Local political candidates tend to be passionate about their home town and strive to make it the best place it can be. They are focused on bringing economic prosperity to the region and helping citizens with any issues they may have. The candidates are also committed to protecting citizens’ rights while preserving Olmstedville’s unique identity and culture. This has lead to a strong relationship between the Olmstedville government and its constituents, who are proud of their community and look forward to enjoying all that it has to offer.
The political climate in Zip 12857 (Olmstedville, 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 12857 (Olmstedville, NY) is leaning conservative.
Olmstedville, 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.
Olmstedville, 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 12857 (Olmstedville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $994 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)