Ulster County, New York is a rural county with a population of 182,493 as of the 2019 census. It is situated in the Hudson Valley region and is home to both agricultural and urban areas. Ulster County has had a long history of involvement in politics, with many local politicians being elected to office over the years. Currently, Michael Hein serves as the Chairman of Ulster County Legislature and is responsible for setting legislative priorities in the county. Additionally, there are various local mayors and other political leaders who play an important role in making decisions that impact local residents. Political candidates from the Democratic, Republican and independent parties have all made their presence felt in Ulster County during recent elections, showing that they are determined to serve their constituents. With many citizens actively involved in politics, it's clear that politics plays an important role in this rural county.
The political climate in Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal.
In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal.
Kingston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Ulster, New York: d D 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Ulster County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30,118 contributions totaling $3,180,066 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,899 contributions totaling $289,564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)