The small town of 12060 East Chatham, NY is situated in the county of Columbia. It's a tight-knit community with a population of just over 1,500 people and is home to many families who have lived there for generations. While the town may be small, it still has a vibrant political culture with plenty of opportunities to get involved in local politics through attending town hall meetings and voting in local elections. The town mayor and five trustees make up the Board of Trustees, representing the interests of the residents. The board oversees important issues such as town budgeting, public works projects, and zoning regulations to ensure that all citizens are represented fairly. Residents also have access to their state representatives who are responsible for broader legislation that affects all New Yorkers. There are also many organizations dedicated to advocating for specific causes or groups within the community, giving everyone an opportunity to become involved in their local government and ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 12060 (East Chatham, 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 12060 (East Chatham, NY) is leaning liberal.
East Chatham, 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.
East Chatham, 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 12060 (East Chatham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 355 contributions totaling $42,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)