West Sand Lake, NY is a small community located in the U.S. state of New York. It has a unique political environment that is determined by its local residents. The town has an elected Town Supervisor who is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the town government. It also has a Town Council comprised of seven members who are elected to serve two-year terms. Additionally, there are several committees and agencies that provide assistance to the Town Supervisor and Town Council in their roles as governing bodies in West Sand Lake. The local government works closely with many organizations and businesses in the area to ensure all citizens have access to resources they need and can provide input on issues that affect their lives. The political environment in West Sand Lake reflects its rural character and commitment to providing its citizens with a safe and prosperous place to live, work, and raise families.
The political climate in West Sand Lake, NY is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Sand Lake, NY is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer 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.
West Sand Lake, New York: d d 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 West Sand Lake, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,552 contributions totaling $79,951 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $20,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)