In 12148 Rexford, NY, politics are an important part of daily life. The area is represented at the local level by a member of the town council who works on behalf of the citizens to create initiatives that benefit the entire community. The residents also have access to national representatives in Washington D.C., such as congressmen and senators, who are tasked with advocating for their constituents and representing their interests in Congress. Additionally, there are state representatives, who work to pass legislation beneficial to New York State, and local representatives from surrounding counties and towns that also assist in advocating for the people’s interests. All of these representatives have a responsibility to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard and taken into consideration when making decisions.
The political climate in Zip 12148 (Rexford, NY) is leaning conservative.
Saratoga County, NY is leaning liberal. In Saratoga County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saratoga county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.2%.
Saratoga county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12148 (Rexford, NY) is leaning conservative.
Rexford, New York is leaning conservative.
Saratoga 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.
Rexford, New York: r r 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 12148 (Rexford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 431 contributions totaling $53,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $81,001 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $779 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)