12851 Minerva, NY is a small rural town located in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. Although it is only home to a few thousand people, the politics of the area are still very important to its residents. In terms of local government, citizens of 12851 Minerva are represented by their Town Supervisor and a Town Board made up of four elected council members. All elections take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years. Residents can vote for their local political leaders at local polling stations or by absentee ballot. The town also has representatives in both the state legislature and Congress that fight to protect the interests of all Minerva residents. Voting in elections is an important part of making sure that everyone鈥檚 voice is heard, so it鈥檚 essential for locals to stay informed about upcoming races and candidates.
The political climate in Zip 12851 (Minerva, 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 12851 (Minerva, NY) is leaning conservative.
Minerva, 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.
Minerva, 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 12851 (Minerva)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $2,062 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $295 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)