The small town of 12508 Beacon, NY is a tight-knit community in upstate New York. Despite its size, the area is home to many passionate political activists and informed citizens. Local politics tend to focus on issues that are important to the residents such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and education. There are several local organizations dedicated to engaging with politicians and advocating for the needs of the community. Each year there is an election for various state and county government positions that directly affect the people of 12508 Beacon, NY. Candidates from all political parties strive to win the support of voters by discussing their policies and platforms at public debates and town hall meetings. Good governance requires active engagement from both citizens and government officials in order to ensure that the needs of this diverse community are met.
The political climate in Zip 12508 (Beacon, NY) is leaning liberal.
Dutchess County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Dutchess County, NY 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dutchess county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Dutchess county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12508 (Beacon, NY) is leaning liberal.
Beacon, New York is leaning liberal.
Dutchess County, New York is somewhat liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Beacon, New York: r r 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 12508 (Beacon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,978 contributions totaling $156,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $8,598 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)