The small town of 12987 Upper Jay, NY is a rural area with a population of just over 1,000 people. The politics in this town lean towards more conservative ideologies and values. In recent years, the local political scene has become quite active with numerous candidates competing to become the town’s representative in various offices. Among these are small business owners, community activists, and retired school teachers who all value the importance of maintaining and protecting the culture and history of 12987 Upper Jay, NY. During times of change and growth within the community, these candidates have advocated for progressive ideas that strive to improve the lives of its inhabitants. Their efforts bring light to issues affecting those living in this rural town such as health care access, environmental protection, job creation opportunities, and education reform. Despite their disagreements on certain issues of policy or ideology at times, they always seek to work together for the betterment of their beloved hometown.
The political climate in Zip 12987 (Upper 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 12987 (Upper Jay, NY) is leaning conservative.
Upper 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.
Upper 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 12987 (Upper Jay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $3,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)