Inlet, NY is a small town in the Adirondack Mountains, with a population of only 477 people. It has a strong sense of community and well-established local politics. The Town Board is composed of five members, all of whom are elected by local residents to serve staggered four-year terms. These members oversee decisions related to the budget, local ordinances and tax collection. In addition, Inlet has a Mayor who is elected every two years and serves as the head of the Town Board. All political candidates must be registered voters in Inlet in order to run for office. Elections occur on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November each year, providing an opportunity for citizens to have their voices heard and participate in the political process.
The political climate in Inlet, NY is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, NY is strongly conservative. In Hamilton County, NY 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.0%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Inlet, NY is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, New York is strongly conservative.
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.
Inlet, New York: R R R R R R
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Inlet, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 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)