The small town of 12529 Hillsdale, NY is part of the larger Columbia County region in upstate New York. Although relatively small, Hillsdale has an active local politics scene that affects its residents. The town is governed by a group of elected officials, including a supervisor, town clerk, highway superintendent and four councilmembers. All of these positions are held by local residents who are elected to serve four-year terms. There is also an annual budget vote in which all registered voters can participate. In addition to deciding on matters such as tax levies and municipal spending, local politicians also work together to make improvements to the community such as new parks or infrastructure upgrades. For those interested in getting involved in local politics, there are many opportunities for civic engagement such as attending public meetings or volunteering on campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 12529 (Hillsdale, 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 12529 (Hillsdale, NY) is leaning liberal.
Hillsdale, 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.
Hillsdale, 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 12529 (Hillsdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,346 contributions totaling $125,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $13,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)