The politics in East Fishkill, NY are characterized by a strong sense of community spirit and dedicated local leadership. This small town in the Hudson Valley boasts a rich history, as well as vibrant and prosperous present day. In recent years, East Fishkill has been particularly active in the New York State political system, regularly sending representatives to Albany to advocate for their constituency’s needs. While no specific candidates are currently running for office in East Fishkill, the political climate is one of support and engagement with issues that affect the town and its residents. Local political organizations such as \"EastFishkill United\" host regular meetings to discuss ongoing legislative efforts and keep citizens informed on current events. Furthermore, with issues such as health care reform, tax reform and environmental protection often at the forefront of many local conversations, it's clear that East Fishkill remains politically engaged with what lies ahead both locally and nationally.
The political climate in East Fishkill, 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
East Fishkill, 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.
East Fishkill, 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 East Fishkill, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,222 contributions totaling $496,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,435 contributions totaling $457,232 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)