12085 Guilderland Center, NY is a small community located in Albany County. It is home to a diverse group of people from various backgrounds and political beliefs. The local government in 12085 Guilderland Center, NY consists of the town supervisor and four council members who are elected by the residents every two years. These local officials are responsible for considering and voting on initiatives that benefit the community, such as budgets and taxation rates. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous special interest groups that actively participate in the politics of 12085 Guilderland Center, NY to advocate for causes like education reform, environmental protection, and public safety. Through these organizations and individuals, citizens are able to come together to debate issues important to them and their community.
The political climate in Zip 12085 (Guilderland Center, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, NY is strongly liberal. In Albany County, NY 64.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albany county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Albany county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12085 (Guilderland Center, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Guilderland Center, New York is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, New York is strongly liberal.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Guilderland Center, 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 12085 (Guilderland Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $5,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,034 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)