New Windsor, NY is a small town in the Hudson Valley region that has a population of about 10,000 people. Despite its size, New Windsor has an active and vibrant political landscape. The Town Supervisor position is held by Ann Gallelli, who won re-election for her fourth term in 2019. There are also four elected council members on the Town Council, who serve to ensure their constituents' interests are best represented. Every year there is a local election which determines city leadership and voters have the opportunity to make sure their voices are heard. With strong community involvement and passion for making New Windsor the best it can be, residents strive to make sure their town remains strong and prosperous with effective governance.
The political climate in New Windsor, NY is leaning conservative.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Windsor, NY is leaning conservative.
Orange 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.
New Windsor, New York: r R d d r r
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 New Windsor, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,404 contributions totaling $580,569 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,886 contributions totaling $1,280,447 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)