Elizabethtown, NY is a small town located in the northern Adirondacks region of New York State. Politically, it is part of Essex County and the Town Supervisor position, as well as four Councilmember positions, are up for election every two years. Along with the Town Board, Elizabethtown has an active Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals that works together to make decisions about land use and zoning for residents and businesses within the town. In addition to these local government boards, there are several political organizations that meet regularly to discuss issues affecting Elizabethtown including a local Chamber of Commerce and conservation groups that work diligently to keep the environment healthy in this rural community. The Township also partners with several regional organizations such as Essex County Soil & Water District to provide educational programs and resources on topics like water quality protection, waste management, land stewardship, forestry management and more. As an active member of its community, Elizabethtown's citizens remain engaged in their local politics ensuring their voices are heard when important decisions are being made.
The political climate in Elizabethtown, 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
Elizabethtown, NY is leaning conservative.
Essex County, New York 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.
Elizabethtown, 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 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 Elizabethtown, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,169 contributions totaling $73,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $12,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)