The politics of 12153 Sand Lake, NY are largely centered on local issues of importance to the community. Residents are very engaged in their local government and actively participate in town hall meetings and elections. The town board consists of five members who come together to discuss ways to improve the quality of life for all citizens. They work together to make decisions about infrastructure projects, public safety initiatives, environmental protection and conservation efforts, and more. Local political campaigns focus on these issues and how each candidate can best represent the interests of the community. From time to time, special elections are held for ballot initiatives that allow citizens to vote directly on certain policies or projects. No matter the issue, residents remain involved in making sure their voices heard when it comes to shaping the future of 12153 Sand Lake, NY.
The political climate in Zip 12153 (Sand Lake, NY) is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12153 (Sand Lake, NY) is leaning conservative.
Sand Lake, New York is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, New York is leaning 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.
Sand Lake, New York: d d d D r 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 12153 (Sand Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)