Ghent, NY is a small town in Columbia County with a population of 2,721 according to the 2018 United States Census. The town has a local government which works closely with its community members and ensures that the needs of its residents are met. In terms of politics, Ghent is represented by several local political candidates from both major parties. These candidates work hard to serve their constituents and make sure that they remain informed on important issues affecting Ghent and the surrounding area. They also strive to ensure that all of Ghent's residents have access to quality education, healthcare, housing, transportation, and other necessary services. Local politicians in Ghent always look for ways to help improve the quality of life for all their citizens.
The political climate in Zip 12075 (Ghent, 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 12075 (Ghent, NY) is leaning liberal.
Ghent, 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.
Ghent, 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 12075 (Ghent)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 822 contributions totaling $141,891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $19,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)