Milton, NY is home to a diverse population of people from all walks of life. The town has a long political history, with many passionate locals engaging in debates about the issues that matter most to them. Recently, Milton has seen an influx of new residents who are eager to get involved in the local political scene. With each election cycle, more and more candidates come out to run for office, representing various points of view on the topics that affect the town. Current topics include taxes, education, public safety, infrastructure development and environmental protection. There is no shortage of citizens getting involved in either side of these debates, making sure their voice is heard and their opinion represented in local politics.
The political climate in Milton, NY is leaning conservative.
Saratoga County, NY is leaning liberal. In Saratoga County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saratoga county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.2%.
Saratoga county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milton, NY is leaning conservative.
Saratoga 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.
Milton, New York: r r 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 Milton, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,854 contributions totaling $1,299,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,885 contributions totaling $626,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)