Hudson, New York (12534) is a small city located in the Hudson Valley region of the state. It is known for its beautiful historic architecture and vibrant cultural scene. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with a mayor who is elected to serve a four-year term and seven council members who are elected to two-year terms. The current mayor of Hudson is Rick Rector, who was first elected in 2015. In addition to the local government, the residents also elect representatives to Congress and the state legislature. On the national level, Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney represents the 18th Congressional District while on the state level, Assemblyman Didi Barrett holds office representing District 106. Together these representatives ensure that Hudson’s voice is heard on both local and national levels of politics.
The political climate in Zip 12534 (Hudson, NY) is somewhat 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 12534 (Hudson, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Hudson, New York is somewhat 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.
Hudson, 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 12534 (Hudson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,867 contributions totaling $233,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $23,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)