The small town of Amenia, NY (zip code 12501) is located in Dutchess County, and is known for its rural beauty and stunning landscapes. Politically, it lies in the 19th Congressional District of New York, which is currently represented by Democrat Antonio Delgado. On the state level, Amenia is part of the 103rd District, which is represented by Republican Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor. The Town of Amenia has its own local politics as well. In 2017, incumbent supervisor Victoria Perotti was re-elected to a two-year term with a landslide victory over her challenger. The town board consists of three councilmen and two councilwomen who serve four-year terms each. They are actively involved in local issues such as zoning laws, economic development projects, and educational concerns. With a population of just over 5500 people, Amenia provides an intimate environment where locals can have their voices heard on important matters affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 12501 (Amenia, NY) is leaning conservative.
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 12501 (Amenia, NY) is leaning conservative.
Amenia, New York is leaning conservative.
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.
Amenia, 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 12501 (Amenia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 373 contributions totaling $101,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $33,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)