The politics of Freedom Plains, NY are complex and multi-faceted. It is a small town of approximately 15,000 people with a diverse population that includes many races, ethnicities and political affiliations. Despite its size, it plays an important role in the larger political landscape in New York state. Local issues often revolve around education, economic development, infrastructure improvements and public safety. In recent years there have been several contentious elections in Freedom Plains with voters electing representatives from both major parties to serve the town in local government positions. These elections have been highly contested and indicative of the varied perspectives on local matters held by the citizens of Freedom Plains. The outcome of these elections has had a significant impact on the direction of policy making in the town and has helped shape its character into what it is today – a vibrant community full of political activism and engagement
The political climate in Freedom Plains, NY is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Dutchess County, NY 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dutchess county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Dutchess county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freedom Plains, NY is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, New York is somewhat 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.
Freedom Plains, New York: r r 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 Freedom Plains, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,879 contributions totaling $327,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 758 contributions totaling $161,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)