The town of 12117 Mayfield, NY is a small and largely rural area with a population of close to 17,000 people. With an economy primarily based on agriculture, residents are active in local politics in order to ensure that their needs as well as the needs of the community are being met. Local political parties focus on issues such as economic development, education, environmental protection, and health care. Residents often take part in various town meetings to discuss topics such as zoning regulations or budgeting priorities. In recent years several initiatives have been launched within the town to encourage political participation. For example, there is an annual \"Citizen's Day\" event where members of the community can meet with their local elected officials and take part in discussions about current issues and challenges. Residents also regularly team up with community members from other towns in order to advocate for change and get their voices heard at a state or even national level.
The political climate in Zip 12117 (Mayfield, NY) is strongly conservative.
Fulton County, NY is strongly conservative. In Fulton County, NY 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.4%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12117 (Mayfield, NY) is strongly conservative.
Mayfield, New York is strongly conservative.
Fulton County, New York is strongly conservative.
Gloversville Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Mayfield, 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 12117 (Mayfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $13,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)