Smallwood, NY is a small village located in the upstate region of New York. It has a proud history of political involvement and an engaged citizenry. Local residents take an active interest in their local government through attending town meetings, voting in elections, and engaging with their elected officials. As such, the politics of Smallwood are often contested and lively. Every two years there are elections for village trustees and mayor that draw in residents from all over the area to participate in a friendly competition of ideas that ultimately results in effective governance for the community. Residents of Smallwood take pride in their local politics, which offer a great deal of opportunity for community members to get involved and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Smallwood, NY is leaning 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
Smallwood, NY is leaning 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.
Smallwood, 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 Smallwood, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $14,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)