Livingston, NY is a small town located in the state of New York. It's a quiet and peaceful place where people enjoy the natural beauty of the area. Politically, Livingston is represented by local members of the New York State Legislature, as well as members of Congress and local government officials. The local government works to ensure that residents have access to quality public services, while also ensuring that the town remains a safe and pleasant place to live. Recently, there have been some heated debates in the community related to issues such as taxes and development projects. During elections, voters are given an opportunity to make their voices heard by voting for their preferred candidates. Ultimately, it is up to citizens to decide who will best represent them in terms of setting policy goals for Livingston.
The political climate in Livingston, NY is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, NY is moderately liberal. In Columbia County, NY 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 40.6%.
Columbia county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Livingston, NY is leaning liberal.
Columbia County, New York is moderately liberal.
Hudson 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.
Livingston, 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 Livingston, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,549 contributions totaling $601,495 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $45,871 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)