Shokan, NY is a small town in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. It has a strong sense of community and pride amongst its residents. The local politics are largely focused on issues that affect the citizens of Shokan directly such as education, transportation and public safety. The town has an elected mayor who oversees the day-to-day operations of the local government and works to ensure that all citizens have access to essential services. In addition to the mayor, there are several town council members which represent different neighborhoods within Shokan and work to ensure that the needs of their constituents are heard and addressed. There is also a local school board which works closely with the mayor's office to create policies that will best benefit all students in Shokan. Overall, the residents of Shokan take great pride in their local government officials and work hard to ensure their voices are heard and represented in some capacity by those who represent them.
The political climate in Shokan, 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
Shokan, 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.
Shokan, 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 Shokan, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $399,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,685 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $1,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)