12486 Tillson, NY is a small town in Ulster County, New York. The population of the town is just over 2,000 people and it is governed by an elected Town Board consisting of four members plus a Supervisor. The Town Board members are elected to four year terms, and the Supervisor is elected to a two year term. While there are no local political candidates running in this election cycle, the Town Board is currently responsible for making decisions on issues such as zoning regulations, land use, and taxes. As a whole, the Town Board works to ensure that 12486 Tillson provides its citizens with quality services while also maintaining fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 12486 (Tillson, 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 12486 (Tillson, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Tillson, 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.
Tillson, 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 12486 (Tillson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $67,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)