The town of Duanesburg, NY 12056 is a small rural community located in Schenectady County. It does not have a lot of political representation due to its size and population. However, the town does have an elected Town Board consisting of five members who are voted into office by the citizens. The Town Board sets policies and makes decisions that affect the residents living in the area. They are responsible for budgets, land use plans, ordinances, contracts and more. The town also has access to local representatives in Congress and in the State Assembly who make important decisions on matters that impact all New Yorkers. Although there may not be many candidates running for office in Duanesburg, these individuals are making sure that their voices are heard and their opinions are taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions that will benefit all citizens within the community.
The political climate in Zip 12056 (Duanesburg, NY) is leaning liberal.
Schenectady County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Schenectady County, NY 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schenectady county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
Schenectady county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12056 (Duanesburg, NY) is leaning liberal.
Duanesburg, New York is leaning liberal.
Schenectady County, New York is somewhat 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.
Duanesburg, 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 12056 (Duanesburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $6,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $6,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)