New Square, NY is a small village located in Rockland County. It is home to a close-knit community that is strongly connected to its religious and cultural values. The village holds elections annually for the local board of trustees which are responsible for managing the affairs of the village and setting policies. The current mayor, Israel Spitzer, was elected in 2019, along with five other trustees who serve on the board. In addition to electing representatives to the board of trustees, New Square residents can also vote for a president and vice-president of the United States every four years. As a tightly knit community with deeply rooted beliefs, New Square residents take their civic duties seriously when it comes to politics and voting. They take pride in advocating for their views and making sure their voices are heard through casting their ballots every election cycle.
The political climate in New Square, NY is leaning liberal.
Rockland County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rockland County, NY 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockland county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.3% to 48.6%.
Rockland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Square, NY is leaning liberal.
Rockland County, New York is leaning 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.
New Square, New York: D 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 New Square, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,251 contributions totaling $467,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 501 contributions totaling $140,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)