The town of 12455 Margaretville, NY is a small rural community nestled in the Catskill Mountains. Despite its size, it is an active hub for local politics and participation in the democratic process. The town has a long history of local elected officials representing its interests on the state and federal levels, including members of both major political parties. Residents come together to discuss issues of importance to the community, and there are frequent debates between candidates during election cycles. With a strong commitment to upholding the values and ideals enshrined in their constitution, residents strive to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 12455 (Margaretville, NY) is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, NY is moderately conservative. In Delaware County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12455 (Margaretville, NY) is moderately conservative.
Margaretville, New York is moderately conservative.
Delaware County, New York is moderately conservative.
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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.
Margaretville, New York: R R r r R R
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 12455 (Margaretville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $3,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $7,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $570 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)