14836 Dalton, NY is a small town located in the upstate region of New York State. Politically, the town has traditionally been a conservative stronghold, with most people voting for Republican candidates. In recent years however, there has been a shift away from this traditional stance towards more liberal policies. This can be seen in the local elections of 2018 which saw several progressive-leaning candidates rise to prominence. As such, the town is now split fairly evenly between those who support Republican and Democratic candidates. There is also a strong third-party presence in Dalton with several independent candidates vying for election in each cycle. Overall, this provides an interesting political landscape for locals to engage with and discuss changes that will impact their town and its future development.
The political climate in Zip 14836 (Dalton, NY) is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, NY is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 39.7%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14836 (Dalton, NY) is moderately conservative.
Dalton, New York is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, New York is moderately conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dalton, New York: R R r R 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 14836 (Dalton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $1,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $4,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $644 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)