The small town of 12569 Pleasant Valley, NY is a close-knit community that takes pride in their local politics. With a population of just over 4,300, the town's residents take part in all aspects of selecting their representatives and advocating for local change. From school board members to county legislators, the citizens of Pleasant Valley come out to vote in elections and voice their opinions on important matters. Local politicians are committed to working together with residents to ensure that all voices are heard and respected. They strive to create an atmosphere of collaboration and mutual respect as they work hard to find solutions for the future of Pleasant Valley.
The political climate in Zip 12569 (Pleasant Valley, 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
Zip 12569 (Pleasant Valley, NY) is leaning liberal.
Pleasant Valley, New York 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.
Pleasant Valley, 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 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 12569 (Pleasant Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 344 contributions totaling $55,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $41,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)