Canaan is a small town in New York State located near the border of Massachusetts. Despite its size, politics in Canaan are an important part of the community's fabric. In local elections, citizens come out to vote for candidates who will represent their interests at the municipal level. These candidates focus on local issues like education, economic development, infrastructure, and public safety. The town is represented by state senators and assembly members in Albany who work to ensure that legislation passed in the state capital meets the needs of the community. Residents also have access to congressional representatives who strive to make sure their voices are heard on a national level. With active participation from its citizens, Canaan has established itself as an important part of New York's political landscape.
The political climate in Canaan, NY is leaning conservative.
Columbia County, NY is moderately liberal. In Columbia County, NY 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 40.6%.
Columbia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canaan, NY is leaning conservative.
Columbia County, New York is moderately liberal.
Hudson 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.
Canaan, 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 Canaan, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,158 contributions totaling $152,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $44,555 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $557 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)