Beaver Dam Lake, NY is a small community located in the Catskills of upstate New York. The town's politics are shaped by local concerns and issues that impact the daily lives of its citizens. Residents regularly vote for candidates in local elections who they feel best represent their interests and will work to improve the quality of life in Beaver Dam Lake. Local politicians often focus on things like infrastructure upgrades, educational opportunities, economic development, and maintaining the safety and security of the community. The political discourse within Beaver Dam Lake is kept alive through various civic events such as town hall meetings, candidate forums, debates, and other types of public engagement efforts. Everyone in Beaver Dam Lake has an opportunity to participate in the political process and shape their own destiny with their individual voices.
The political climate in Beaver Dam Lake, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Beaver Dam Lake, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Beaver Dam Lake, 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 Beaver Dam Lake, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $1,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)