The small town of Blooming Grove, NY is a tight-knit community that takes local politics seriously. The town has a diverse population of approximately 12, 000 people and is represented by local government officials who are passionate about serving their constituents. Residents of the town take part in an engaged and active political culture, with diligent voting habits at both the local and national level. Local elections often bring out a large turnout of voters to decide on representation for the town board, zoning and planning committees, as well as the mayor’s office. For many residents, getting involved in their local politics is important to maintaining the community’s values and they feel empowered to have a say on issues that impact them directly.
The political climate in Blooming Grove, 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
Blooming Grove, 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.
Blooming Grove, 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 Blooming Grove, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,097 contributions totaling $458,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,899 contributions totaling $674,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)