North Ballston Spa, NY is a small village located in Saratoga County. While it does not have its own local political candidates, the village is represented by various state and county representatives. The current representative for New York's 21st Congressional District is Elise Stefanik in the US House of Representatives. At the county level, North Ballston Spa is represented by Matthew Veitch who serves as the representative for Saratoga County in the NY State Assembly as well as Saratoga County supervisor John Ellsworth. In addition to these representatives, North Ballston Spa also has numerous local and regional committees that oversee everything from public safety to economic development. For example, the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors appoints a board of directors to manage various aspects of Local Government including budgeting, Parks and Recreation, Public Works and other departments. Overall, North Ballston Spa's politics are driven by both its state and county representatives as well as its local committees and boards of directors.
The political climate in North Ballston Spa, 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
North Ballston Spa, 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.
North Ballston Spa, 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 North Ballston Spa, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,318 contributions totaling $61,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $29,377 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)