The small village of Kinderhook, New York has a population of just under 3,000 people. This quaint community is served by a Mayor and four trustees, all of whom are elected locally to serve the needs of Kinderhook’s citizens. The current mayor is Joseph Rogers and the trustees are Richard Babcock, Kenneth Davenport, James Gebbie, and Martha Salch. These local politicians work hard to keep Kinderhook safe and livable for all of its residents. They promote local business growth and economic development as well as community activities such as outdoor events and parades. The elected officials also make sure that basic services such as police protection, fire safety, garbage collection and road maintenance are adequately provided for in the village. Additionally, they advocate for environmental conservation initiatives such as tree planting programs, green energy projects and water quality monitoring efforts. All in all, the political representatives in 12106 Kinderhook strive to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met both now and in the future.
The political climate in Zip 12106 (Kinderhook, 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 12106 (Kinderhook, NY) is leaning liberal.
Kinderhook, 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.
Kinderhook, 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 12106 (Kinderhook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 514 contributions totaling $38,343 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $47,748 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $408 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)