The town of 12993 Westport, NY is located in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. This small rural town has a population of just over 1,500 people and is known for its abundance of outdoor activities and natural beauty. Despite its small size, this community has an active political life. The local government consists of a Town Supervisor elected every two years and four Town Council members elected to four-year terms. The Town Board typically addresses matters relating to the budget, property taxes, zoning regulations, infrastructure improvements, health and safety concerns, public services and more. In addition to these local issues, the Town Board works closely with state representatives on matters concerning state and federal laws as well as other regional issues. Local elections are held every two years and are an opportunity for residents to become involved in their local politics. All eligible voters have the right to cast their ballot in favor of any candidate they choose to represent them on the local level.
The political climate in Zip 12993 (Westport, 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 12993 (Westport, NY) is leaning conservative.
Westport, 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.
Westport, 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 12993 (Westport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 427 contributions totaling $37,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $9,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)