12976 Rainbow Lake, NY is a small rural community located in upstate New York. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government and elections are held every four years to determine who will be the mayor and the six city council members. As with many other rural communities, local politics in 12976 Rainbow Lake, NY are focused on issues such as economic development, public education funding, job opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and health care access. With no major industry or business presence in the area, the town relies heavily on tax dollars from its citizens to support these needs. Residents take pride in their community and strive to ensure that it remains an attractive place to live, work and raise a family. They participate actively in local elections and are highly engaged when it comes to voicing their opinions about issues that affect 12976 Rainbow Lake, NY.
The political climate in Zip 12976 (Rainbow Lake, NY) is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, NY is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, NY 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.0%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12976 (Rainbow Lake, NY) is leaning conservative.
Rainbow Lake, New York is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, New York is leaning conservative.
Malone Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Rainbow Lake, New York: d d 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 12976 (Rainbow Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)