Prattsville, NY is a small town located in rural upstate New York, and as such has a unique set of political issues that its citizens face. The town is served by the Greene County Board of Supervisors, which consists of five members elected to four-year terms from districts throughout the county. Representing Prattsville specifically is Supervisor Robert Chaloner, who was elected in 2019 and serves on several committees including the Greene County Solid Waste Advisory Committee. The town also elects two representatives to the New York State Assembly each year who have a direct influence on local policies at the state level. Prattsville has historically been represented well in Albany with current representatives Jake Ashby and Chris Tague working together to advance local initiatives concerning infrastructure improvements, economic development, and health care reform for all residents. As Prattsville continues to grow and develop it will likely need more legislative support from both its county and state representatives in order to ensure that citizens are supported in all areas.
The political climate in Prattsville, NY is moderately conservative.
Greene County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Greene County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.1%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prattsville, NY is moderately conservative.
Greene County, New York is somewhat 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.
Prattsville, New York: R 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 Prattsville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)