Olive, NY is a small town nestled in the eastern Catskills region of upstate New York. As with many smaller towns, Olive's politics are largely determined by the local city council and mayor. Currently, the mayor of Olive is John Smith and he is supported by a team of five city council members. All five are running for re-election this November and their campaigns have been centered around improving public safety, strengthening public infrastructure, and increasing investment in local businesses. They believe these measures will help to create a more vibrant economy that will benefit all residents of Olive. With experienced candidates on both sides of the aisle, this election is sure to be an interesting one.
The political climate in Olive, NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Olive, NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston 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.
Olive, 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 Olive, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,329 contributions totaling $865,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $651 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $3,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)