Port Henry, NY is a small village located in the Adirondack region of upstate New York. It has a population of about 1,500 residents and is home to a variety of businesses, parks, and attractions. The local politics are largely focused on issues that affect the community as whole. These issues include maintaining public services such as police and fire departments, ensuring quality roads and infrastructure, promoting economic development initiatives, and preserving environmental protections. The village has an elected mayor who serves as a representative to both the village board and the county board of supervisors. There are also several appointed members who serve on various committees to address local issues and concerns. Local candidates typically run for office every two years with topics ranging from economic growth to public safety being discussed during their campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 12974 (Port Henry, NY) is leaning liberal.
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 12974 (Port Henry, NY) is leaning liberal.
Port Henry, New York is leaning liberal.
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.
Port Henry, 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 12974 (Port Henry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 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)