Viola, NY is a small town with a close-knit community. It has an active local government that ensures the town remains vibrant and engaged. The local politics in Viola center around issues that concern the citizens of the town, such as public safety, infrastructure, economic development and community engagement. Local political candidates focus their campaigns on creating positive change for the citizens of Viola. They emphasize how their policies will help make life better for all residents by improving their quality of life and bringing attention to any issues facing the town. Candidates also strive to promote healthy communication between residents and elected officials to ensure everyone's voices are heard and addressed in a respectful manner.
The political climate in Viola, NY is leaning conservative.
Rockland County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rockland County, NY 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockland county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.3% to 48.6%.
Rockland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Viola, NY is leaning conservative.
Rockland 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.
Viola, New York: D 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 Viola, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,099 contributions totaling $598,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 365 contributions totaling $218,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $599 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)