Balmville, NY is a small town located in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. It is known for its rich history, beautiful scenery, and thriving local businesses. While Balmville has no direct involvement in national politics, it does have an active local political scene. Local elections are held annually to determine the mayor and town council members. The candidates that run for office are usually well known within the community and come from a variety of backgrounds. Issues like taxation, zoning regulations, and public services are routinely discussed during the election season. Ultimately, the citizens of Balmville take great pride in their political system which allows them to make decisions about their future as a town.
The political climate in Balmville, NY is leaning conservative.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Balmville, NY is leaning conservative.
Orange 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.
Balmville, New York: r R d d 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 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 Balmville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,707 contributions totaling $206,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $70,543 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)