Ramapo, NY is a town located in Rockland County and is just 30 miles northwest of New York City. It is known for its diverse population and vibrant culture. In terms of politics, Ramapo is a part of New York’s 17th Congressional District, which is represented by Democrat Mondaire Jones. At the state level, Ramapo is in the 38th Senate District and represented by Democrat Elijah Reichlin-Melnick. On the local level, the Town Supervisor of Ramapo is Michael Specht and the Town Board consists of 6 other members representing different areas of town. The Town Board handles local zoning laws and manages budgets that are allocated to various departments such as Fire Safety, Public Works, and Parks & Recreation. Ramapo also has a village government that governs over village matters such as police protection, sanitation regulations, water supply services, and school districts.
The political climate in Ramapo, NY is leaning liberal.
Rockland County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rockland County, NY 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockland county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.3% to 48.6%.
Rockland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ramapo, NY is leaning liberal.
Rockland County, New York is leaning 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.
Ramapo, New York: D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ramapo, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48,139 contributions totaling $7,214,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,383 contributions totaling $2,939,344 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $461 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)