Rockland County, NY is a diverse and vibrant community located in the greater New York City metropolitan area. It has a rich history and culture that dates back to colonial times. Politically, Rockland is part of the 18th Congressional District which is currently represented by Representative Nita Lowey. At the state level, Rockland residents are represented by Senators James Skoufis and Elijah Reichlin-Melnick in the 39th district. Locally, Rockland is divided into 19 towns and villages with each having its own mayor and local government. These elected officials work to ensure that all of their constituents’ needs are met and that evryone in the community has equal access to resources like education, healthcare, housing and public services. The people of Rockland also play an important role by taking part in local elections, voicing their concerns to elected officials at town hall meetings and participating in civic engagement events throughout the year.
The political climate in Rockland, NY is somewhat conservative.
Sullivan County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Sullivan County, NY 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.7%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockland, NY is somewhat conservative.
Sullivan County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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.
Rockland, New York: d 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 Rockland, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,155 contributions totaling $75,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $25,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)