Shandaken, NY is a small town in Ulster County nestled in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. With a population of 3,085 according to the 2019 census, it is governed by a number of elected officials including a Town Supervisor, Town Board members, and Assessors. The current Town Supervisor is Rob Stanley who was elected in 2017 and serves alongside four other elected Board members. The Town has local elections every two years where people can vote for their preferred political candidates for these positions. In addition, Shandaken has representatives at both the state and federal level that represent its constituents in Albany and Washington D.C., and ensure that their voices are heard on relevant issues facing the community.
The political climate in Shandaken, 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
Shandaken, 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.
Shandaken, 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 Shandaken, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,875 contributions totaling $172,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $19,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)