Fishkill, New York is a small town located in the Hudson Valley region of New York. While it may lack in population size, the town more than makes up for it when it comes to local politics. The town has an elected mayor and four trustees who make up the Town Board. Together, these five individuals are responsible for enacting laws and regulations that will benefit all members of the community. They also focus on creating a budget that will improve the quality of life for the citizens of Fishkill. Additionally, Fishkill has been known to be involved in larger state-level politics, with its officials often advocating for various causes at both the local and state level.
The political climate in Fishkill, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Fishkill, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Fishkill, 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 Fishkill, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,960 contributions totaling $451,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,553 contributions totaling $256,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)