Fort Plain, NY is a small town located in the Mohawk Valley region of New York. Politically, Fort Plain has traditionally been moderate to conservative in its voting history. The local government is headed by an elected mayor, who is responsible for ensuring that all the town's laws and regulations are enforced. There are also several town board members who are elected from the community and serve as representatives of their respective districts. These board members help to decide on important matters such as budgets and development projects. Furthermore, Fort Plain residents also elect a county legislator to represent them in the state legislature. Generally speaking, town citizens have shown strong support for fiscal responsibility and upholding traditional values during elections.
The political climate in Fort Plain, NY is somewhat conservative.
Montgomery County, NY is moderately conservative. In Montgomery County, NY 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.7%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Plain, NY is somewhat conservative.
Montgomery County, New York is moderately conservative.
Amsterdam Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Fort Plain, New York: d 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 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 Fort Plain, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 284 contributions totaling $7,664 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $3,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)