Hillside Lake, NY is a small town with a tight-knit community. With a population of less than 10,000 people, Hillside Lake is the perfect place for those who want to get away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. While the town may be small, it has its own set of politics that affect local residents. Every few years, new candidates arise to fill positions on the Town Council and local government offices. These candidates come from various backgrounds and offer different visions for Hillside Lake's future. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in their local government by voting for their preferred candidate and attending public forums where they can discuss issues important to them. The Town Council works hard to ensure that every resident has a say in the decision-making process, creating an atmosphere of open dialogue and transparency between elected officials and the community at large.
The political climate in Hillside Lake, 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
Hillside Lake, 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.
Hillside Lake, 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 Hillside Lake, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,114 contributions totaling $56,222 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $121,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)