High Falls, NY is a small town located in the Catskills region of New York State. Politics in High Falls are generally seen as being run by individuals who have deep roots in the community and care about the well-being of their neighbors. Local elections are often contested with two or three candidates vying for office. Those running for office tend to be long-term residents of the town and have taken part in local initiatives that benefit their constituents. Candidates must also demonstrate an understanding of the issues facing the town such as infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and economic development. Participation from all residents is actively encouraged to ensure that everyone has a voice in determining how their town should be governed.
The political climate in High Falls, 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
High Falls, 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.
High Falls, 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 High Falls, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,510 contributions totaling $73,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $3,486 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)