Woodridge, NY is a small town located in the Catskill Mountains region of upstate New York. Its local government consists of a five-member Board of Trustees and a Town Supervisor who are elected by the residents to represent their interests and oversee the day-to-day operations of the town. The Board of Trustees is responsible for formulating policy while the Town Supervisor is responsible for its enforcement. Issues that have been debated at recent Town Supervisor meetings include managing development in Woodridge, regulating business activity, and preserving natural resources. The town has various political organizations such as Woodridge Citizens for Open Government which provides citizens with information on local politics and encourages them to be active participants in their government. Through these efforts, Woodridge residents are able to voice their opinions on important matters affecting their community and ensure that their needs are heard and represented properly in local government decisions.
The political climate in Woodridge, 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
Woodridge, 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.
Woodridge, 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 Woodridge, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,892 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)