Chatham, NY is a small town located in Columbia County, New York. It is known for its rural charm and quaint community. The local politics of Chatham revolves around the Town Board and Town Supervisor, who handle all of the local government decisions. The Town Board consists of four members elected by the people of Chatham and is responsible for making proposals to support the community. The Town Supervisor acts as an administrator and official representative of the town, presiding over meetings and addressing issues that arise from within the municipality. In addition to these positions, many other offices are held by elected officials such as justices of the peace, police chiefs, county representatives, school board representatives, etc. They work together to ensure that Chatham's citizens have access to services such as public safety, education, healthcare, and more. All of these roles help to ensure that the local politics in Chatham remain transparent and accountable to its people while also serving their interests.
The political climate in Chatham, NY is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, NY is moderately liberal. In Columbia County, NY 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 40.6%.
Columbia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chatham, NY is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, New York is moderately liberal.
Hudson Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Chatham, New York: d d D D d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Chatham, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,898 contributions totaling $1,030,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 479 contributions totaling $168,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)