Nyack, NY is a village in Rockland County located on the west side of the Hudson River. It is a picturesque and vibrant town with a population of 6,765 as of 2017. Politically, Nyack is largely Democratic with an important portion of its voters registered as unaffiliated. The village has been represented by several notable political figures over time, such as State Senator David Carlucci who served from 2009 to 2018. Currently, the Mayor of Nyack is Don Hammond who was elected in 2017 after serving three terms on the board of trustees. The village also has four trustees which are Marcellus Barnes, Robert Kurnit, Victoria Gearity and Katharine Walsh-Brenner. These officials work together to ensure good governance for their constituents and to foster an atmosphere of fairness and equality throughout the village.
The political climate in Nyack, NY is somewhat 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
Nyack, NY is somewhat 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.
Nyack, 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 Nyack, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,419 contributions totaling $2,365,775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 416 contributions totaling $61,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)