12946 Lake Placid, NY is a small town located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. The town is known for its stunning natural beauty, and it is a popular tourist destination for those looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Politically speaking, the town elects representatives to serve on the Town Council, which acts as the legislative body of local government. Each year, residents are invited to cast their votes in elections for various positions on the Town Council including Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and members-at-large. Candidates running for office typically focus their campaigns on issues that are important to the local community such as tourism, economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and environmental protection. Residents also participate in county-level elections by voting for members of both major political parties who will represent them at the state legislature level.
The political climate in Zip 12946 (Lake Placid, NY) is leaning liberal.
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 12946 (Lake Placid, NY) is leaning liberal.
Lake Placid, New York is leaning liberal.
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.
Lake Placid, 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 12946 (Lake Placid)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 541 contributions totaling $90,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $30,582 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)