The politics of 12934 Ellenburg Center, NY is one that is shaped by the various values, interests, and beliefs of its residents. This small town has a population of roughly 1000 people and is situated in the center of Clinton County. In this rural area, much of the political conversation revolves around issues that affect small towns such as high taxes, crime rates, access to quality education and healthcare services, economic growth, job opportunities, and environmental protection. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and town councilors who represent the views of their constituents. Political candidates must be aware of the needs and wants of their constituents when campaigning for office in order to ensure that they have a successful election. With strong ties to both local government and businesses in the area, Ellenburg Center's politics are largely influenced by policy decisions that seek to benefit its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 12934 (Ellenburg Center, NY) is leaning conservative.
Clinton County, NY is leaning liberal. In Clinton County, NY 51.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained moderately Democratic, 51.8% to 46.6%.
Clinton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12934 (Ellenburg Center, NY) is leaning conservative.
Ellenburg Center, New York is leaning conservative.
Clinton County, New York is leaning liberal.
Plattsburgh Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Ellenburg Center, New York: d d D D d 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 12934 (Ellenburg Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)