New Lebanon, NY is a small town located in New York's Columbia County. It is known for its rural beauty and lush farmland. Politically, the town of New Lebanon is largely conservative and leans Republican. The town is represented in Congress by Republican John Faso, and in the state legislature by Assemblyman Jake Ashby. In the local government, there are three elected officials who serve on the Town Board: Supervisor Ray Duffy, Deputy Supervisor Barbara Hammond, and Councilwoman Lisa Cordano. All of these individuals are committed to protecting the interests of their constituents while working towards making New Lebanon a better place to live for all residents.
The political climate in New Lebanon, 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
New Lebanon, 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.
New Lebanon, 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 New Lebanon, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,506 contributions totaling $115,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $10,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)