Kingston, NY is a vibrant city located in Ulster County with a population of 23,888. The City of Kingston is served by an elected Mayor and eight Common Council members who are selected in non-partisan elections. The current mayor is Steve Noble who was elected in 2011 and reelected for a second term in 2015. The Common Council Members are committed to preserving the city's unique character and ensuring that residents have access to quality public services. They focus on creating economic opportunities for residents, improving infrastructure, promoting the arts, and addressing environmental issues. The city also recently voted to establish a local police department in order to provide additional security for citizens. Furthermore, various political action groups exist in Kingston such as Kingston United and the Kingston Progressive Alliance which engage citizens and work towards improving local conditions. It is clear that politics in 12401 Kingston, NY play an important role in shaping the community and providing people with much needed services.
The political climate in Zip 12401 (Kingston, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12401 (Kingston, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Kingston, New York is somewhat liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston 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.
Kingston, 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 12401 (Kingston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,236 contributions totaling $405,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 379 contributions totaling $72,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)