The politics in 12517 Copake Falls, NY are quite active and varied. The area is represented in the United States House of Representatives by a representative from the neighboring 19th Congressional District. At the state level, residents are represented by two New York state senators and a member of the Assembly. Local elections are often contested by multiple candidates from both major parties as well as some smaller ones. Issues that are discussed include economic development, education, taxation and local infrastructure projects. The town is also home to various civic organizations that advocate for the citizens of Copake Falls and their interests on local issues. Residents have multiple opportunities to get involved in politics through events like town hall meetings, rallies, and other public forums.
The political climate in Zip 12517 (Copake Falls, 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 12517 (Copake Falls, NY) is leaning liberal.
Copake Falls, 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.
Copake Falls, 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 12517 (Copake Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $19,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)