Stanford, NY is a small town located in the state of New York, with a population of around 1,000 people. Despite its small size, Stanford has an active political scene with local elections taking place annually. There are several political candidates running for office each year in the local elections, and the citizens of Stanford take their civic engagements seriously. The politics in Stanford are generally focused on local issues such as education, infrastructure, and community development. Candidates have to make sure they stay up to date on these concerns so that they can represent the needs of their constituents. Additionally, residents often come together to discuss current events and how they can have an impact on local policy in order to improve the quality of life in the community.
The political climate in Stanford, NY is leaning conservative.
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
Stanford, NY is leaning conservative.
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.
Stanford, 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 Stanford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,991 contributions totaling $1,315,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $440 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $410,027 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)