Milan, NY is a small town in Dutchess County, located in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. The town has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and four council members being elected every two years. The current mayor is Sarah Margolis, who was first elected to office in 2017. She has been active in promoting economic growth and improving quality of life for Milan's citizens. The town is part of the 19th Congressional district represented by Representative Antonio Delgado. There are also three county representatives - Legislator Joe Gierak, Legislator Nick Page and Legislator Rich Perkins - who represent the area on matters related to local government such as education, public works and health care. All of these elected officials are dedicated to making Milan an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Milan, NY is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Dutchess County, NY 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dutchess county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.3%.
Dutchess county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milan, NY is leaning conservative.
Dutchess County, New York is somewhat 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.
Milan, New York: r 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 Milan, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,498 contributions totaling $8,776,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,351 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 396 contributions totaling $320,955 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $810 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)