The small town of 12481 Shokan, NY is an idyllic community nestled in the Catskill Mountains. Despite its small size, the town has a vibrant and active political landscape. Local citizens take part in a variety of party affiliations and are often involved in campaigns to support candidates they believe will do the best job for their community. In addition, there are numerous meetings and events that take place throughout the year where citizens can meet their local representatives and learn more about what is happening within their own township. The town also holds regular elections every few years for local offices such as mayor or county commissioner, allowing residents to have a voice in choosing who represents them. There is no shortage of enthusiasm with regards to politics here in Shokan, making it a great place to live for those looking to get involved in local government.
The political climate in Zip 12481 (Shokan, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12481 (Shokan, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Shokan, New York is somewhat liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston 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.
Shokan, 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 12481 (Shokan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $399,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,685 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $1,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)