The small town of 12567 Pine Plains, NY is a quaint and peaceful place to call home. Although there are no local political candidates, the town is governed by the elected officials of the state and county governments. The politicians at both the state and county level strive to create policies that benefit all citizens in Pine Plains. In addition, they are very active in making sure that the town's infrastructure is kept up-to-date and that public services remain readily accessible for all residents. Overall, residents of 12567 Pine Plains have faith in their local government to ensure they have a safe and secure community to call home.
The political climate in Zip 12567 (Pine Plains, NY) is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Dutchess County, NY 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dutchess county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Dutchess county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12567 (Pine Plains, NY) is leaning conservative.
Pine Plains, New York is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, New York is somewhat 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.
Pine Plains, New York: r r 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 12567 (Pine Plains)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,072 contributions totaling $167,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $34,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $776 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)