Wilmington, NY is a small town located in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York with a population of approximately 300 people. Although it is a small community, Wilmington has an active political landscape, with local issues being discussed and debated regularly throughout the year. Each year local citizens come out to vote in the general elections for offices such as Governor, US Senator, and State Assemblyman/woman. Residents also actively participate in other civic activities such as town meetings and parades. There are several organizations that residents can join to participate in local politics including the Wilmington Republican Club and Wilmington Democratic Club. These clubs provide education on important issues facing the community and host debates between local candidates for office. Ultimately, Wilmington's strong sense of community allows its residents to be engaged in municipal politics so they can ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 12997 (Wilmington, 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 12997 (Wilmington, NY) is leaning conservative.
Wilmington, 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.
Wilmington, 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 12997 (Wilmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $7,583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)