The small village of 12577 Beaver Dam Lake, NY is home to a politically engaged and active community. People in the area are passionate about participating in all aspects of politics from local to federal. They attend town hall meetings, rally for candidates, and vote in large numbers every election cycle. The village is represented by two senators, one assembly member, one county executive and one mayor who all take an active role in maintaining the quality of life for the residents of 12577 Beaver Dam Lake. There are also many local special interest groups that organize events and volunteer activities to support their causes. Whether it’s environmental protection or animal rights, social justice or education reform; these groups give voice to those issues that they deem important through their advocacy efforts. In this ever-changing political climate, the people of 12577 Beaver Dam Lake remain dedicated to staying informed and involved at every level of politics.
The political climate in Zip 12577 (Beaver Dam Lake, NY) is leaning conservative.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12577 (Beaver Dam Lake, NY) is leaning conservative.
Beaver Dam Lake, New York is leaning conservative.
Orange County, New York is leaning 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.
Beaver Dam Lake, New York: r 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 12577 (Beaver Dam Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $1,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)