In 2015, the small town of Athens, NY had a population of approximately 5,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and four trustees who are elected to two-year terms in the local elections. Voting takes place on the first Tuesday of March every two years. The most recent election for mayor and trustees was held in March 2019. There have been several candidates who have put their names forward for these positions over the years, with some being elected multiple times. The current mayor of Athens is Mike Moser, and the four trustees are Jordan Riddleberger, Jeff Thomas, Mark Tucker and Laura Williams. All five members continue to make sure that all citizens of Athens have access to quality public services and infrastructure. They also ensure that important decisions are made in the best interests of everyone in town.
The political climate in Zip 12015 (Athens, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Greene County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.1%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12015 (Athens, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Athens, New York is somewhat conservative.
Greene 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.
Athens, 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 12015 (Athens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 686 contributions totaling $22,866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $3,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)