In 2017, the town of Austerlitz, NY was represented by local politicians from both state and federal legislatures. In the state legislature, Assemblymember Didi Barrett served as representative for District 106 while Senator Sue Serino served as the Senator for District 41. At the federal level, Rep. John Faso was in charge of Congressional District 19 which included Austerlitz. The local politics in 2017 was focused on issues such as healthcare reform, infrastructure development and education funding reforms. The town also saw a great deal of progress in terms of environmental protection initiatives such as initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve water quality standards. Austerlitz residents were vocal about their support for these issues and their desire to make sure that their representatives implemented progressive policies to address these concerns. This commitment to progressive policies has since continued throughout the years and remains a driving force in the local political arena.
The political climate in Zip 12017 (Austerlitz, 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 12017 (Austerlitz, NY) is leaning liberal.
Austerlitz, 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.
Austerlitz, 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 12017 (Austerlitz)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)