The politics in Hopewell Junction, NY are reflective of the nation as a whole. The town is represented in the New York State Legislature by Assemblyman Kieran Lalor and Senator Sue Serino. At the federal level, the town is represented by Congresswoman Nan Hayworth and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney. Local politics often involve issues related to public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and education. There are many different local initiatives and organizations that work to address these issues. In addition to these core areas of focus, there are also various other elections for town positions such as town board members and highway superintendents. All of these elected officials strive to ensure that Hopewell Junction remains a strong community with a thriving economy and high quality of living for its residents.
The political climate in Hopewell Junction, 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
Hopewell Junction, 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.
Hopewell Junction, 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 Hopewell Junction, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,110 contributions totaling $130,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 308 contributions totaling $54,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)