The town of Highland, NY has a vibrant political scene that is focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens. Local politicians come from both major parties and strive to represent the community's needs and concerns. The town council meets regularly to discuss matters such as land use, zoning, education, public safety, taxes, and other important issues. They are often able to find common ground amongst their differing views in order to reach decisions that benefit the town. Political campaigns are often heated but respectful debates where citizens can weigh in on what they believe should be done about issues affecting them. Overall, the politics in Highland are rooted in respect, compromise, and progress for all its citizens.
The political climate in Highland CDP (Ulster County), NY is somewhat liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highland CDP (Ulster County), NY is somewhat liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston 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.
Highland CDP (Ulster County), 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 Highland CDP (Ulster County), NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,198 contributions totaling $101,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $13,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)