New Windsor, NY is a small town located in Orange County, with a population of about 12,553. The politics of New Windsor are governed by the Town Board and Mayor's Office. The Town Board is made up of five members who are voted into office every two years. The Mayor serves as both the head executive of the town and chairperson of the board. Currently, Mayor James Mazzarella is leading the Town Board with four Council Members: Ann Dolan, Timothy Balchauf, Michael O'Neill, and Robert Romanotto Jr. Together they oversee the day-to-day operations of New Windsor, such as municipal services and infrastructure projects. Residents have the chance to make their voices heard through regular open meetings where they can present their concerns and offer input on local issues. Through an active and engaged council and mayor's office, residents in New Windsor stay informed on all current political issues that affect them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Zip 12553 (New Windsor, NY) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 12553 (New Windsor, NY) is leaning conservative.
New Windsor, New York is leaning conservative.
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.
New Windsor, 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 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 zip 12553 (New Windsor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,574 contributions totaling $62,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 479 contributions totaling $239,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)