The political landscape of Clermont, NY is consistently dynamic. The Town of Clermont holds elections for its local government every two years, with the main positions in contention being the town supervisor, two council members, and the town clerk. These elections are hotly contested, as each candidate must present their platform and ideas to the electorate. With a large focus on fiscal responsibility and community engagement, these elections offer voters an opportunity to participate in their local government decision making process. The candidates with the most compelling platforms usually end up successful come election day. As such, Clermont residents have enjoyed effective governance from their elected representatives for many years now.
The political climate in Clermont, NY is leaning conservative.
Columbia County, NY is moderately liberal. In Columbia County, NY 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 40.6%.
Columbia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clermont, NY is leaning conservative.
Columbia County, New York is moderately liberal.
Hudson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Clermont, New York: d d 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 Clermont, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,696 contributions totaling $745,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $46,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)