Thiells, NY is a small town located in Rockland County with a population of about 5,500 people. The politics of Thiells are typical for such a small area - the local government is made up of an elected town supervisor and four council members who make decisions on how to best serve the community. The local elections are held every two years and the current town supervisor is Robert Lonner. In recent years, he has been very active in addressing issues related to taxes, infrastructure, and safety in the area. During his tenure as Town Supervisor, Robert Lonner has worked diligently to ensure that local laws are being enforced and that Thiells remains a safe place to live. He has also advocated for increased funding for public projects such as road improvements and utility upgrades. Overall, Robert Lonner has been an effective leader of Thiells and he will likely continue to be so as long as he remains in office.
The political climate in Thiells, 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
Thiells, 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.
Thiells, 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 Thiells, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 444 contributions totaling $30,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $8,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)