Hamden, NY is a small village located in Otsego County. The politics in 13782 Hamden, NY are largely influenced by the local government of the Town of Otsego. The town has two elected Town Councilors who serve four-year terms and four appointed board members who serve two-year terms. Elections for Town Councilors take place every two years on the second Tuesday in November. There have been no major political candidates from Hamden, NY in recent memory but there is a great sense of community involvement with a strong focus on preserving traditional values. Residents take part in many civic activities such as volunteer work, educational programs and supporting local businesses. The residents are proud to call 13782 Hamden, NY their home and continue to work together to make it an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 13782 (Hamden, NY) is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, NY is moderately conservative. In Delaware County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13782 (Hamden, NY) is moderately conservative.
Hamden, New York is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, New York is moderately 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.
Hamden, 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 13782 (Hamden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $2,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)