Altamont, NY is a small town located in the state of New York. It has a long history of political involvement and continues to this day. The local politics are focused on local issues that directly affect the residents of Altamont. Issues such as taxes, education, health care, and economic development are all topics that are regularly addressed by the local government and by those running for office in Altamont. Local candidates often come from diverse backgrounds and offer different perspectives on how to best address these important topics. Residents of Altamont have an opportunity to be part of the political process by voting for candidates who they feel will best represent them and their interests in the local government.
The political climate in Altamont, NY is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, NY is strongly liberal. In Albany County, NY 64.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albany county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Albany county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Altamont, NY is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, New York is strongly liberal.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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.
Altamont, 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 Altamont, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 647 contributions totaling $50,602 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $10,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)