The politics in 12065 Clifton Park, NY is largely driven by the local county and state government. The county in which Clifton Park resides is Saratoga County. Saratoga County is run by the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, with 15 elected supervisors representing each district. Locally in 12065 Clifton Park, NY residents are represented by Supervisor Ed Kinowski. Furthermore, New York State Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh represents the district that includes Clifton Park. Through their advocacy and leadership, these political representatives strive to improve the quality of life for all those living in 12065 Clifton Park, NY.
The political climate in Zip 12065 (Clifton Park, NY) is leaning liberal.
Saratoga County, NY is leaning liberal. In Saratoga County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saratoga county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.2%.
Saratoga county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12065 (Clifton Park, NY) is leaning liberal.
Clifton Park, New York is leaning liberal.
Saratoga County, New York is leaning liberal.
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.
Clifton Park, New York: r r d d r 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 12065 (Clifton Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,641 contributions totaling $197,602 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $99,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)