12979 Rouses Point, NY is a small town located in the northeastern part of the state. It has a population of around 2,500 people and is governed by the local Town Board, which consists of five elected representatives. The Board is responsible for implementing policies and making decisions that affect the local community. They are elected on a nonpartisan basis every two years and serve staggered four-year terms. Issues pertaining to local taxes, zoning ordinances, public safety and utilities are discussed at monthly public meetings held by the Town Board. Rouses Point also has an active political scene, with both Democrats and Republicans vying for positions on the board each election cycle. Residents enjoy having a say in who represents them locally and take part in activities such as attending debates between candidates to help make informed decisions when voting.
The political climate in Zip 12979 (Rouses Point, NY) is leaning liberal.
Clinton County, NY is leaning liberal. In Clinton County, NY 51.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained moderately Democratic, 51.8% to 46.6%.
Clinton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12979 (Rouses Point, NY) is leaning liberal.
Rouses Point, New York is leaning liberal.
Clinton County, New York is leaning liberal.
Plattsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Rouses Point, 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 12979 (Rouses Point)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $1,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $6,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $366 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)