The town of Whitehall, NY (12887) is located in the northern corner of Washington County. The town consists of three different villages: Whitehall, Fort Ann, and Comstock. Local politics are typically dominated by the Republican Party, which holds a majority of the seats on the Town Board. In recent years, there has been an effort to make the local government more representative of its diverse population, and an increasing number of candidates from different parties have been elected to the board. Issues such as taxes, public safety, education and economic development are among those that have been discussed at length in city council meetings. Despite its size, Whitehall is a vibrant community with plenty of opportunities for political involvement from residents who wish to help shape their local government.
The political climate in Zip 12887 (Whitehall, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Washington County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12887 (Whitehall, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Whitehall, New York is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Glens Falls 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.
Whitehall, New York: R R 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 12887 (Whitehall)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $19,746 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)