Politics in 12570 Poughquag, NY are largely influenced by its rural nature. The small town is located in Dutchess County and encompasses approximately two miles of the county’s area. While it is a political suburb of nearby Poughkeepsie, it retains its own local governance. Its residents are represented in the state legislature by Senator Sue Serino, and Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson serve the people of Poughquag at the state level. At the local level, Poughquag is part of Town of East Fishkill government with a Town Supervisor as its leader. The town board is comprised of five members elected from the community to represent their views on all matters concerning townsfolk. The board makes decisions on local issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and parks and recreation. Residents also elect a mayor who holds a two-year term to oversee day-to-day operations within the town's boundaries.
The political climate in Zip 12570 (Poughquag, NY) is leaning liberal.
Dutchess County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Dutchess County, NY 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dutchess county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Dutchess county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12570 (Poughquag, NY) is leaning liberal.
Poughquag, New York is leaning liberal.
Dutchess County, New York is somewhat liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Poughquag, New York: r r 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 12570 (Poughquag)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 945 contributions totaling $113,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $11,896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)