Clinton (Dutchess County), NY is a town that has been involved in local politics for many years. The town is located in the Hudson Valley region of New York and has a variety of organizations and governing bodies that oversee political matters. There are several elected officials and town supervisors who have served the area for many years, such as Town Supervisor Jay Koval and Deputy Town Supervisor Nancy Macri. Additionally, the town has various committees such as the Clinton Energy Task Force, Open Space Advisory Group, and Historic Preservation Commission that work on issues important to the citizens of Clinton. All these organizations are responsible for helping ensure that Clinton remains a vibrant community with strong political representation.
The political climate in Clinton town (Dutchess County), 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
Clinton town (Dutchess County), 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.
Clinton town (Dutchess County), 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 Clinton town (Dutchess County), NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,114 contributions totaling $8,640,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,413 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 423 contributions totaling $308,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $729 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)