Haverstraw, New York is a small village located just north of New York City. It's a quaint place full of vibrant culture, history, and politics. The local political scene in Haverstraw is quite active, with several candidates competing for office each election season. The local elections bring out many passionate citizens who are eager to make their voices heard and have their opinions represented in the government. Each candidate has their own unique platform that they use to try and win support from the masses. In addition to these candidates, many citizens join civic organizations or participate in other community initiatives that aim to make a positive difference in the lives of all residents. Through this effort, Haverstraw remains an involved and engaged political community dedicated to making its voice heard within the state of New York.
The political climate in Haverstraw, NY is leaning liberal.
Rockland County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rockland County, NY 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockland county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.3% to 48.6%.
Rockland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Haverstraw, NY is leaning liberal.
Rockland 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.
Haverstraw, New York: D 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 Haverstraw, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,498 contributions totaling $434,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 883 contributions totaling $327,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)