Walton Park, NY is a small town located in the Northeast region of the United States with a population of about 4,500 people. The local government is organized in a city council-manager form with an elected mayor and five council members. Politics in Walton Park are generally characterized as being moderate to conservative. Several local political organizations exist within the town and are involved in discussing various issues, such as land use, taxes, and public safety. Political candidates who seek to represent Walton Park are usually focused on improving the quality of life for citizens through responsible policies while also helping grow the economy. They work hard to ensure that everyone is heard and that their voices are represented. Local elections often draw a large turnout from the community because of how important it is to have strong representation for their interests.
The political climate in Walton Park, 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
Walton Park, 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.
Walton Park, 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 Walton Park, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,248 contributions totaling $201,637 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 963 contributions totaling $371,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)