The town of 12496 Windham, NY has a long and proud political history. This small town, located in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, is home to a diverse community that takes their politics seriously. The local government in 12496 Windham is comprised of a Mayor and five-member Town Board who work together to form the Town’s governing body. Every two years, residents of 12496 Windham come together to elect their mayor and six board members who represent them on the Town Board. Despite its small population, 12496 Windham has actively participated in local issues such as property tax reform and economic development. Furthermore, the people of 12496 Windham have always taken great pride in participating in the democratic process by helping to elect candidates for local offices. They also take part in state elections with enthusiasm, voicing their opinion on matters that affect the entire county and district.
The political climate in Zip 12496 (Windham, NY) is moderately conservative.
Greene County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Greene County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.1%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12496 (Windham, NY) is moderately conservative.
Windham, New York is moderately conservative.
Greene 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.
Windham, New York: R 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 12496 (Windham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $5,085 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)