Millerton, NY is a small town located in Dutchess County. While the town's population is relatively small, it still has an active and engaged political environment. The local elections for mayor, town board members, and other important positions are fiercely contested and often result in close races between multiple candidates. The citizens of Millerton take great care to elect officials who will serve them well, and have high expectations of their elected representatives. These elections provide an opportunity for citizens to have a voice in how their government works, as well as for candidates to express their own ideas about how the town should be governed. As such, these elections are always exciting and closely watched by both local residents and outsiders alike.
The political climate in Millerton, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Millerton, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Millerton, 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 Millerton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,070 contributions totaling $119,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $21,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)