The small hamlet of Fort Covington, New York, located in Franklin County, has a population of just over 2,000 people. This rural town is governed under the laws of the Town of Bombay and the Franklin County Board of Legislators. Local politics are run by a Town Supervisor and four Council Members who are elected to serve two-year terms. Additional representatives include a highway superintendent and a clerk-treasurer. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office in Fort Covington Hamlet, issues that are often discussed amongst residents include water quality, infrastructure projects, public safety, economic development and education initiatives. The citizens of Fort Covington take pride in being an example of an engaged and progressive rural community that works together to better the lives of its inhabitants.
The political climate in Zip 12937 (Fort Covington Hamlet, NY) is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, NY is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, NY 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.0%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12937 (Fort Covington Hamlet, NY) is leaning conservative.
Fort Covington Hamlet, New York is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, New York is leaning conservative.
Malone Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Fort Covington Hamlet, New York: d d D D 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 12937 (Fort Covington Hamlet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)