12132 North Chatham, New York is a small town that values its independence and quiet atmosphere. Local politics here are fairly conservative and the main issue facing this community is the need to keep taxes low while maintaining essential services. The town has a town hall and mayor who are responsible for carrying out the decisions of the local citizens. There are a few boards and committees set up to ensure that all decisions made by the Town Hall reflect the wishes of its citizens. Local volunteers take part in these committees to make sure that all voices in 12132 North Chatham are heard. While there are no political candidates running locally, residents can still get involved by attending Town Hall meetings or voting on referendums when they arise.
The political climate in Zip 12132 (North Chatham, 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 12132 (North Chatham, NY) is leaning liberal.
North Chatham, 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.
North Chatham, 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 12132 (North Chatham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $4,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $503 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)