The small town of 12125 New Lebanon, NY is a tight-knit community with strong ties to local politics. Although the town itself does not have a large population, citizens come together to actively participate in and make decisions that affect their town. Various political activities take place throughout the year from local elections for mayor and other government positions, to debates about important initiatives or projects that need to be addressed. Residents of 12125 New Lebanon also attend council meetings and voice their opinions on matters such as taxation, public services, and economic development. As a whole, the people of 12125 New Lebanon are deeply invested in their town’s future and invest both time and effort into making sure their voices are heard when it comes to their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 12125 (New Lebanon, 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
Zip 12125 (New Lebanon, NY) is leaning liberal.
New Lebanon, New York 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.
New Lebanon, 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 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 12125 (New Lebanon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $9,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $4,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)