The politics in 12513 Claverack-Red Mills, NY are heavily influenced by the local government and its representatives. The town is served by a Town Supervisor, four Councilmembers, and a Town Clerk that are elected to represent the needs of the constituents. These representatives make decisions on issues such as taxation, zoning, public health, land use and environmental protection. Additionally, they oversee the budgeting process to ensure that resources are allocated according to their priorities. Furthermore, their roles include responding to constituent concerns and advocating for any town initiatives or policies they deem necessary. Ultimately, these officials work together to ensure that the needs of those living in Claverack-Red Mills are met.
The political climate in Zip 12513 (Claverack-Red Mills, NY) is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, NY is moderately liberal. In Columbia County, NY 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 40.6%.
Columbia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12513 (Claverack-Red Mills, NY) is leaning liberal.
Claverack-Red Mills, New York is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, New York is moderately liberal.
Hudson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Claverack-Red Mills, New York: d d 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 12513 (Claverack-Red Mills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $137,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)