Highland Falls, NY is a small town in Orange County of New York. It has a rich history and is home to various important buildings as well as the United States Military Academy at West Point. Politics in Highland Falls involve determining which candidates will best represent the town’s interests and values. Candidates running for office typically have strong ties to the community, such as being lifelong residents or having family members who live there. Additionally, local issues such as education, transportation, and public safety are important topics that candidates are expected to address during their campaigns. The election process may involve debates, appearances at public events, or other methods of outreach. Ultimately, Highland Falls citizens decide who will best represent them in local government through voting on Election Day.
The political climate in Highland Falls, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Highland Falls, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Highland Falls, 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 Highland Falls, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $16,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $16,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)