West Point, NY is home to a strong sense of political involvement. Residents engage in local issues through active participation in city councils and public discussions. Every two years, the citizens of West Point come together to elect the mayor and six trustees to serve on the village board for four-year terms. The board sets policy and laws that guide the development of the village. In addition, they oversee various departments including public works, parks and recreation, police protection, fire protection and community services. Local elections draw high numbers of voters to voice their opinions on important issues facing West Point such as housing affordability, education reform, public infrastructure improvements, economic development and environmental sustainability initiatives. Through these efforts, West Point strives to ensure that its growing population remains connected with a strong sense of community involvement in politics.
The political climate in West Point, NY is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, NY is leaning liberal. In Orange County, NY 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained narrowly Republican, 49.3% to 49.2%.
Orange county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Point, NY is somewhat liberal.
Orange 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.
West Point, New York: r R d d r r
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 West Point, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $16,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $16,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)