Clintondale, NY is a small rural town located in the state of New York. Although it is a small community, it is highly engaged in politics on both a local and national level. On the local level, Clintondale's residents are active participants in their city's government and the decisions that affect their everyday lives. Participating in local political activities such as attending public hearings and voicing their opinions on issues that affect them directly allows citizens to shape their town’s future. Many of the residents also follow national politics closely as they have an interest in how policy decisions made by Congress or the President will influence their daily lives. Through public forums and other events, citizens can stay informed about important issues facing our nation today. With such strong political engagement from its citizens, Clintondale is an example of how democracy works best when citizens get involved and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Clintondale, NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clintondale, NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston 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.
Clintondale, 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 Clintondale, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,576 contributions totaling $291,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $60,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)