10950 Kiryas Joel, NY is a village located in Orange County, New York. It is home to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and was formally incorporated in 1977. The village is headed by a board of trustees that is elected by the community, as well as a mayor who serves as chief executive officer. The mayor and trustees each serve four year terms and are entrusted to represent the interests of the nearly 22,000 residents of the village. Despite its small size, 10950 Kiryas Joel has had an outsized impact on local politics due to its population’s extensive involvement in elections across Orange County and beyond. Through grassroots organizing campaigns led by prominent members of the community, 10950 Kiryas Joel has been able to increase its political power and ensure that its needs are met at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 10950 (Kiryas Joel, NY) is leaning 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
Zip 10950 (Kiryas Joel, NY) is leaning liberal.
Kiryas Joel, New York is leaning 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.
Kiryas Joel, 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 10950 (Kiryas Joel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,184 contributions totaling $78,044 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 331 contributions totaling $101,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)