The politics of 12158 Selkirk, NY are centered around local initiatives, community engagement and advocacy for the citizens in the area. Every year there is a local election where the residents can vote for their preferred candidates to represent them on the town board and other issues. The local candidates come from all walks of life and represent a variety of different perspectives and views on how best to serve the townspeople. The citizens in Selkirk have always been active and involved in making sure their voices are heard by those who are elected to manage their affairs. They take part in various activities such as protests, rallies, public forums, debates and more to ensure that their particular needs and concerns are addressed. In addition, they strive to make sure that everyone has an equal right to participate in democracy by encouraging voter registration drives throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 12158 (Selkirk, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, NY is strongly liberal. In Albany County, NY 64.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albany county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Albany county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12158 (Selkirk, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Selkirk, New York is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, New York is strongly 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.
Selkirk, 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 12158 (Selkirk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 269 contributions totaling $27,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $5,788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)