The politics in 12431 Freehold, NY are diverse and vibrant. Due to the town's proximity to the state capital, Albany, many of its citizens are involved in local political causes and campaigns. The town is represented by the Republican party in the state legislature with three elected state representatives and one senator. There is also a Democratic Party county executive who works closely with constituents on a variety of issues. Local elections often bring together candidates from both sides of the aisle as they strive for public office. With such an active and engaged population, the politics of 12431 Freehold, NY are ever-changing and always engaging for those involved.
The political climate in Zip 12431 (Freehold, NY) is moderately conservative.
Greene County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Greene County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.1%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12431 (Freehold, NY) is moderately conservative.
Freehold, New York is moderately conservative.
Greene County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Freehold, New York: R R r R 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 12431 (Freehold)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $4,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)