Waterford, NY is a small town in the northeast United States. The local politics of the area are heavily influenced by its close proximity to Albany, New York’s state capital. Most residents of Waterford are concerned with issues such as increasing access to quality schools, maintaining fair tax rates, and improving city services. The town’s leadership works hard to ensure that all citizens have an equal voice in the decision-making process. In addition to local elections for mayor, town council members, and other representatives, many Waterford citizens also take part in larger state and national elections. This gives them a say in who holds positions of power that can affect their local lives and beyond.
The political climate in Waterford, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Waterford, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Waterford, 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 Waterford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 826 contributions totaling $33,732 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $19,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)