New Paltz, NY is a small town located in the Hudson Valley area of New York state. The town has a long history of political involvement at both the local and state level. On the local level, New Paltz is represented in the Ulster County Legislature by four representatives. These legislators are responsible for advocating for the needs of their constituents in matters such as public safety, education, and economic development. At the state level, New Paltz is represented by Assemblyman Kevin Cahill who serves as a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 103rd district. Cahill works to ensure that locally relevant issues are addressed at the state level and strives to provide assistance to residents throughout his district. In addition to these representatives, there are also several mayoral candidates running for office who hope to bring their vision of progress and change to New Paltz.
The political climate in New Paltz, NY is somewhat liberal.
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
New Paltz, NY is somewhat liberal.
Ulster County, New York 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.
New Paltz, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 New Paltz, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,836 contributions totaling $1,096,967 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $98,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)