Sloatsburg, NY is a small village located in Rockland County. It is governed by a three-member board of trustees, elected by voters in the town. Sloatsburg's political climate is predominantly conservative, and voting in local elections typically reflects that view. There has been an effort recently to engage more progressive voices in the conversation, but it remains largely conservative. The current board of trustees includes two conservatives and one moderate candidate, who was just elected this past year. Sloatsburg residents take their civic duties seriously, and actively participate in local elections by voting for candidates they believe will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Sloatsburg, NY is leaning conservative.
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
Sloatsburg, NY is leaning conservative.
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.
Sloatsburg, 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 Sloatsburg, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $2,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $88,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)