The politics of the 12427 Elka Park, NY area is represented by local and state government officials. These officials are responsible for creating laws, ensuring the safety of their constituents, and promoting public welfare. Local elections determine who will represent the people in local offices such as mayor, town supervisor, city council members and even school board members. At the state level, two senators represent the 12427 Elka Park area in Albany. The New York State Assembly also has representatives from this district. All of these elected officials help to shape and defend the rights of their constituents by advocating for legislation that reflects their values and goals. In addition to these government officials, several non-profit organizations advocate on behalf of Elka Park residents on issues such as access to public services, housing affordability, environmental protection, education reform and much more.
The political climate in Zip 12427 (Elka Park, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Greene County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.1%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12427 (Elka Park, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Elka Park, New York is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Elka Park, New York: R R r R R R
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 12427 (Elka Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 394 contributions totaling $82,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)