13428 Palatine Bridge, NY is located in Montgomery County and falls within the town of Palatine. The local government consists of a Town Supervisor and four Town Councilmen who are elected to two year terms. The current Town Supervisor is Thomas Quackenbush, who has held the position since 2012. The Town Council consists of four members: Robert Alft, John Safford, Rebecca Cawley, and Raymond Burlew. All four members were elected in 2018 and will be up for re-election in 2020. Additionally, 13428 Palatine Bridge is represented by seven representatives in the New York State Assembly from the 109th Assembly district. Local politics are often centered around issues related to taxes, infrastructure development, and environmental protection as well health care accessibility for residents. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending meetings and engaging with their elected representatives through email or other forms of communication.
The political climate in Zip 13428 (Palatine Bridge, NY) is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, NY is moderately conservative. In Montgomery County, NY 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.7%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13428 (Palatine Bridge, NY) is moderately conservative.
Palatine Bridge, New York is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, New York is moderately conservative.
Amsterdam Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Palatine Bridge, New York: d r r r 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 13428 (Palatine Bridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)