The town of 12062 East Nassau, NY is a small community located in the northeastern part of New York State. It is home to a diverse population of individuals who are dedicated to making their town an even better place. Politically speaking, the town has been historically supportive of Republican candidates due to its strong ties to traditional religious values. As such, most local political candidates tend to be conservative and prioritize policies that reflect traditional values. Recently, however, there have been several progressive campaigns that have gained considerable attention in the community. These candidates offer alternative solutions for many of the issues facing the town and have started to gain traction among voters. The future of politics in 12062 East Nassau will no doubt be determined by how well these new voices can respond to the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 12062 (East Nassau, NY) is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12062 (East Nassau, NY) is leaning conservative.
East Nassau, New York is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer 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.
East Nassau, New York: d d 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 12062 (East Nassau)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 663 contributions totaling $25,242 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)