Sparkill, NY is a small town located in Northern Rockland County. It has a proud history of local politics, with citizens engaging in meaningful discourse and debate to ensure successful representation for their community. Over the years, Sparkill has seen its fair share of political candidates running for various positions within the town. These candidates are often passionate about their platform and strive to serve the residents to the best of their ability. While many of these politicians have come and gone, their efforts have had lasting impact on the town's progress and development. Sparkill residents take pride in having an active political presence that gives them a voice in all decisions that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Sparkill, 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
Sparkill, 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.
Sparkill, 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 Sparkill, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,208 contributions totaling $42,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $13,236 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)