The politics of 12701 Monticello, NY are largely overseen by the regional government, which is responsible for providing many services and resources to the local area. The region is part of the larger Sullivan County, which is represented in the state legislature by Assemblymember Aileen Gunther and Senator Jen Metzger. The county also has its own set of elected officials, including a county executive, legislature and sheriff. Local political issues are discussed at public meetings and ballots are cast during provincial and national elections. Residents of Monticello can stay informed on local political topics via news articles or attending public events hosted by their representatives or other civic organizations.
The political climate in Zip 12701 (Monticello, NY) is leaning conservative.
Sullivan County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Sullivan County, NY 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.7%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12701 (Monticello, NY) is leaning conservative.
Monticello, New York is leaning conservative.
Sullivan County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Monticello, New York: d r d d R r
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 12701 (Monticello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $6,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $42,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,002 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)