12494 West Shokan, NY is a small rural area located in the western part of Ulster County. In this area, local politics are largely focused on issues such as public education, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. The town has a mayor and several other elected officials who work together to make sure these important needs are met. As with many other rural areas in the US, 12494 West Shokan is largely dominated by Republican voters so most political candidates are from that party. However, there are also smaller independent groups that put forth candidates from time to time. The election campaigns in this area are mainly focused on local issues and the best solutions for them that fit the values of the community. It is an exciting place where residents have an opportunity to be involved in their government and choose local leaders who will represent them effectively.
The political climate in Zip 12494 (West Shokan, NY) is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12494 (West Shokan, NY) is leaning liberal.
West Shokan, New York is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston Metro Area is moderately 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.
West Shokan, 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 12494 (West Shokan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $9,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)