Poughkeepsie, NY is a vibrant city with an active political scene. Though the population of the city is not included here, it is estimated to be around 30,000 people. This makes Poughkeepsie one of the larger cities in the Hudson Valley region. Politically speaking, Poughkeepsie has a wide range of local candidates and voices that strive to make their community better. Different issues such as economic development, health and safety, environmental protection, education and others are all important topics for residents of the city. There are also regular elections for City Council members who represent their constituents on important issues and try to make decisions that best improve Poughkeepsie as a whole. All in all, the politics in Poughkeepsie are an important part of what makes this place so special and unique.
The political climate in Poughkeepsie, NY is moderately 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
Poughkeepsie, NY is moderately 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.
Poughkeepsie, 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 Poughkeepsie, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,872 contributions totaling $1,336,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 665 contributions totaling $103,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)