Elizabethtown, NY is a small town located in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. It is a community where residents take pride in their local politics and strive to keep the town running smoothly. As such, Elizabethtown has a robust political system with many different elected offices held by both Republicans and Democrats. The mayor of Elizabethtown is currently Republican Paul Reardon, who was re-elected in 2019 for his third term. He has worked hard to improve the infrastructure in Elizabethtown, such as improving roadways and making parks more accessible for citizens to enjoy. In addition, there are several other town officials from both parties that have been elected and serve on various boards including the Town Board, Zoning Commission, Planning Commission, and Budget Committee. These elected officials work hard to ensure that every voice in Elizabethtown is heard and that all decisions benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 12932 (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
Zip 12932 (Elizabethtown, NY) is leaning conservative.
Elizabethtown, 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.
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 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 12932 (Elizabethtown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 366 contributions totaling $17,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)