Port Ewen, NY is a small town located in Ulster County and has a population of just over 3,000 people. The local politics in Port Ewen are oriented around the Town Board of Trustees and the Town Council. The Town Board consists of five members who are elected for four-year terms, while the Town Council is made up of nine members who serve two-year terms. Every year, new candidates are nominated by political parties or independent groups to run for office and serve on the Town Board or Town Council. These candidates then go through an election process to be chosen to represent their constituents and make decisions that will affect Port Ewen's future. Everyone in Port Ewen has the opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending public meetings, voting during elections or joining one of the many local political organizations.
The political climate in Port Ewen, NY is somewhat 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
Port Ewen, NY is somewhat 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.
Port Ewen, 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 Port Ewen, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,715 contributions totaling $456,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,030 contributions totaling $103,228 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)