The small town of 12140 Poestenkill, NY is represented in politics by a variety of local politicians. At the federal level, Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand represent the state of New York in the United States Senate while Republican Representative John Katko represents the 24th Congressional District. At the state level, the New York State Assembly is represented by Robert Smullen and Angi Renna. Local government is led by elected officials including Town Supervisor Dominic Jacangelo and four Town Council members: Myrna Haller, Corinne Patalano, Stephen Pelletier, and Eileen Sikorski. The Town Board also includes several appointed positions such as Town Clerk/Tax Collector Barbara Weismann and Highway Superintendent Kevin Crooteau. All together, these individuals work to ensure that the needs of Poestenkill's citizens are addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Zip 12140 (Poestenkill, NY) is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12140 (Poestenkill, NY) is leaning conservative.
Poestenkill, New York is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, New York is leaning liberal.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Poestenkill, New York: d d d D r 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 12140 (Poestenkill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $22,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,213 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)