Carlisle, NY is a small town located in Cortland County which has a population of just over 2,000 people. It is home to many engaged citizens who are highly involved in the local politics. Each year residents can vote for their mayor and four trustees on the Carlisle Town Board. These local political candidates often come from within the community and represent the interests and needs of all of its citizens. In addition, there are other elected positions such as county district attorney, legislature member, and county sheriff that serve the Carlisle area. The residents of Carlisle take part in deciding these important figures in order to ensure their town remains a safe and vibrant place to live.
The political climate in Zip 12031 (Carlisle, NY) is strongly conservative.
Schoharie County, NY is strongly conservative. In Schoharie County, NY 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schoharie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 34.0%.
Schoharie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12031 (Carlisle, NY) is strongly conservative.
Carlisle, New York is strongly conservative.
Schoharie County, New York is strongly conservative.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Carlisle, 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 12031 (Carlisle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $1,217 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)