Rensselaer Falls, NY is a small rural community located in the northwest part of St. Lawrence County. It is home to a diverse population with different political beliefs and opinions. In recent years, local politics have been dominated by the Republican Party with most candidates running for office representing this party. However, there has been an increasing number of independent candidates in recent elections, offering a more diverse set of views to the local electorate. Residents have actively participated in local elections over the past few years and continue to show their support for various candidates regardless of party affiliation. Overall, Rensselaer Falls is a town that values its political diversity and is always looking forward to seeing new ideas and perspectives come forward during each election cycle.
The political climate in Rensselaer Falls, NY is somewhat conservative.
St. Lawrence County, NY is somewhat conservative. In St. Lawrence County, NY 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lawrence county remained strongly Republican, 54.8% to 43.1%.
St. Lawrence county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rensselaer Falls, NY is somewhat conservative.
St. Lawrence County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Ogdensburg-Massena Metro Area 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.
Rensselaer Falls, New York: D D 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 Rensselaer Falls, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $1,853 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)