Glens Falls, NY is a small city located in upstate New York. It is home to about 15,000 people and has a quaint atmosphere for residents and visitors. Politically, Glens Falls is a conservative leaning community with the Republican Party having the majority of registered voters in the area. Despite this, there are local elections where residents can elect representatives from both parties to represent their interests at a city level. Residents of Glens Falls have the opportunity to make their voices heard through these local elections and can have their concerns addressed by politicians who have been elected to ensure that they are represented properly.
The political climate in Glens Falls, NY is leaning liberal.
Warren County, NY is leaning liberal. In Warren County, NY 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained narrowly Republican, 49.0% to 48.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glens Falls, NY is leaning liberal.
Warren County, New York is leaning liberal.
Glens Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Glens Falls, 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 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 Glens Falls, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,188 contributions totaling $205,994 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 577 contributions totaling $135,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)