The small hamlet of Lake Huntington, NY located in Sullivan County is home to around 1,000 people. Although the population is small, there are still a variety of local political issues that impact the community. One major issue that has been discussed in recent years deals with maintaining and improving the infrastructure of Lake Huntington. In addition, there has also been a discussion about increasing access to public transportation for those living in the area. Local politics includes both town and county level representation from various political parties. Recent candidates include Mary Ellen McGuire from the Democratic Party who ran for Town Supervisor and James Powers from the Republican Party who ran for Town Clerk. These current local politicians strive to make decisions that benefit citizens of Lake Huntington regardless of their party affiliation or beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 12752 (Lake Huntington, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Sullivan County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Sullivan County, NY 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.7%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12752 (Lake Huntington, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Lake Huntington, New York is somewhat conservative.
Sullivan 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.
Lake Huntington, New York: d r d d 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 12752 (Lake Huntington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $27,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $13,625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)