The town of 12173 Stuyvesant, NY is home to a diverse population of people from many different backgrounds and cultures. The local politics in this area are focused on supporting the community's needs and providing quality services to all residents. The town works to ensure that everyone has access to resources and opportunities, regardless of their ethnicity or income level. The town also seeks to promote open dialogue between citizens and their representatives so that their voices can be heard in the political process. Representatives from all major political parties serve in various capacities within the 12173 Stuyvesant Town Council, allowing for a variety of perspectives and ideas to be represented during decision making processes. Through this transparent system, elected officials strive to create an equitable environment for all citizens while serving the best interests of the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 12173 (Stuyvesant, NY) is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, NY is moderately liberal. In Columbia County, NY 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 40.6%.
Columbia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12173 (Stuyvesant, NY) is leaning liberal.
Stuyvesant, New York is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, New York is moderately liberal.
Hudson 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.
Stuyvesant, 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 12173 (Stuyvesant)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 295 contributions totaling $18,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $5,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)