Dover Plains, NY is a small town located in rural Dutchess County, New York. Although it is a relatively small community, the politics of Dover Plains are an important part of what makes the town unique. The town is part of the greater Town of Dover and governed by its elected officials. These officials court their constituents and work diligently to provide services and maintain the safety of their community. They also have a hand in making decisions that affect the future of Dover Plains such as budgets for local projects, strategizing economic development, and working to better serve their citizens. The people of Dover Plains value these efforts and take pride in having a voice in local government.
The political climate in Dover Plains, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Dover Plains, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Dover Plains, 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 Dover Plains, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $15,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $12,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $694 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)