The small, rural town of 12816 Cambridge, NY is politically active and engaged. The community regularly votes in both local and national elections, and there are multiple political organizations that work to keep citizens informed about the issues that are relevant to them. Residents have access to a range of opinions from different political parties, as well as a variety of grass roots organizations dedicated to various causes. Every election season, the local candidates for office come out in full force to talk to their constituents and encourage their support. People in 12816 Cambridge, NY take their civic duties seriously and understand the importance of engaging with politics on both the state and federal level.
The political climate in Zip 12816 (Cambridge, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Washington County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12816 (Cambridge, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Cambridge, New York is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Glens Falls 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.
Cambridge, 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 12816 (Cambridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $45,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $14,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)