Rhinecliff, NY is a small hamlet located within the Town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County. While it has no government of its own, it is represented in local government and politics by its town supervisor and members of the Town Board, who together are responsible for the administration and governance of the town. The current town supervisor is Elizabeth Spinzia-Hecht, and there are four members of the Town Board: Ronald Maersch, Richard Parete, Mark Kleiner and Debra Lamboglia. Members of both major U.S. political parties serve on the board as well as independent candidates. As a small hamlet with a limited population, local politics in Rhinecliff focuses largely on issues related to local infrastructure, public services, education and taxation that affect all residents equally.
The political climate in Zip 12574 (Rhinecliff, NY) is leaning liberal.
Dutchess County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Dutchess County, NY 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dutchess county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Dutchess county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12574 (Rhinecliff, NY) is leaning liberal.
Rhinecliff, New York is leaning liberal.
Dutchess County, New York is somewhat liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Rhinecliff, New York: r r 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 12574 (Rhinecliff)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $67,628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)