Kingston, NY is a city in Ulster County located just ninety miles north of NYC. The politics in Kingston are largely dominated by the Democratic party, with a majority of the residents supporting progressive policies. The current mayor of Kingston is Steve Noble, who was elected in 2015 and is dedicated to improving the city’s infrastructure and economic development. Noble has also recently put forth initiatives to combat climate change and increase access to affordable housing. The City Council consists of nine members, seven Democrats and two Republicans. All members work together to address issues faced by the community, such as public safety, education, transportation, health care, and social services.
The political climate in Kingston, NY is moderately 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
Kingston, NY is moderately 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.
Kingston, 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 Kingston, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,236 contributions totaling $405,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 379 contributions totaling $72,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)