The city of Newburgh, NY located within the zip code 12550 is a vibrant and diverse community. It is home to a number of businesses, schools, and churches that help to make up the fabric of the town. In terms of politics, there are no local political candidates for this zip code but the larger Newburgh area has many elected representatives both at state and federal level. These include Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther who represents District 100 in the 104th New York State Legislature, State Senator James Skoufis who serves as Chairman of the Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee, and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney who serves as a member of Congress representing New York's 18th Congressional District. All three representatives have been active in advocating for the needs of their constituents and bringing progress to their communities.
The political climate in Zip 12550 (Newburgh, NY) is leaning liberal.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12550 (Newburgh, NY) is leaning liberal.
Newburgh, New York is leaning liberal.
Orange County, New York is leaning liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Newburgh, New York: r R d d 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 12550 (Newburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,707 contributions totaling $206,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $70,543 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)