Hillside, NY is a small town located in upstate New York. It is home to a diverse community of people from all walks of life. The political climate in Hillside revolves around local government and elections that take place every year. Residents have the chance to vote for their representatives in the state legislature, as well as participate in the process of electing a mayor or county commissioner. There are also several candidates running for various offices at the local level such as city councilor, school board members, and other positions within the Hillside government. Every election cycle brings new ideas and different viewpoints from each candidate on how to best serve their constituents. With its vibrant political atmosphere, residents of Hillside are encouraged to get involved with civic duty and make sure their voice is heard by voting during local elections.
The political climate in Hillside, NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hillside, NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hillside, New York: d D 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 Hillside, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,236 contributions totaling $405,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 379 contributions totaling $72,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)