Hoosick, NY is a small town in upstate New York that has historically been politically active. Local politics are often focused on issues related to the community’s economic development and quality of life. The current mayor of Hoosick is Mayor Rick Sauer, who was elected in 2017 and has been reelected twice since then. In local elections, the town elects three Town Board members as well as a Town Supervisor. These elected officials are responsible for managing the budget and making decisions on local policies and regulations. Additionally, citizens can join one of several committees such as the Economic Development Committee or Environment & Agriculture Committee which provide input to the city council on important local issues.
The political climate in Hoosick, NY is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hoosick, NY is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, New York is leaning 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.
Hoosick, New York: d d d D r 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 Hoosick, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 476 contributions totaling $54,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $8,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)