Amenia, NY is a small town in Dutchess County located near the Hudson Valley. The local politics in Amenia involve issues that are important to its citizens, such as health care, education, and the local economy. Amenia takes part in the national election process and votes for representatives at the state and federal levels. On a local level, Amenia Town Board meetings are held regularly and community members are encouraged to attend and express their opinions. In addition, town officials strive to create policies that benefit all citizens of Amenia. The town also has multiple committees dedicated to specific issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, environmental stewardship, and more. Overall, local politics in Amenia are heavily influenced by the citizens' input while working towards creating an equitable and beneficial environment for everyone.
The political climate in Amenia, NY is leaning conservative.
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
Amenia, NY is leaning conservative.
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.
Amenia, 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 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 Amenia, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,806 contributions totaling $1,224,293 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $678 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $371,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,338 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)