Cornwall, NY is a small rural town located in Orange County, New York. The town has a long history of political involvement and activism. In recent years, the Cornwall Town Board has been working to ensure that the needs of its residents are being represented and met. Various initiatives have been taken to improve services and infrastructure such as improving access to broadband internet and implementing measures to help relieve traffic congestion. Local political candidates running for office are often chosen based on their ability to bring a unique perspective to local government and work together with other board members to make positive changes for the community. Residents can stay up-to-date with the issues impacting their local politics by attending town hall meetings, participating in public hearings, or engaging in conversations online or through other forms of media.
The political climate in Cornwall, NY is leaning conservative.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cornwall, NY is leaning conservative.
Orange County, New York is leaning 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.
Cornwall, New York: r R d d r r
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 Cornwall, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,246 contributions totaling $522,199 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,779 contributions totaling $786,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)