Germantown, New York (12526) is a small town located in the Hudson Valley region of New York. The area is known for its strong sense of community and for its involvement in local politics. Local groups organize events to bring awareness to important political issues that affect the town and surrounding area. This often involves hosting town hall forums or debates about specific issues that have been brought up by members of the community. Additionally, elections are held on a regular basis to determine who will represent the town at various levels of government. Germantown residents take a keen interest in local politics, and actively participate in voting during election season.
The political climate in Zip 12526 (Germantown, 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 12526 (Germantown, NY) is leaning liberal.
Germantown, 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.
Germantown, 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 12526 (Germantown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 833 contributions totaling $152,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $12,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)