Berlin, NY is a small town located in Rensselaer County, New York. The local government consists of a mayor and four trustees who are elected by the people every two years. Currently, the Mayor of Berlin is David Marhafer and the four Trustees are Michael Delmar, Donald Nellis, Mark Hahn and Roberta Arnold-Kozik. Every year the town holds an election for positions on the Town Board to ensure that their citizens have a say in how the town is governed. The Town Board meets regularly to discuss issues such as zoning laws, budgeting and other aspects of local governance. Berlin recognizes that being politically active helps to ensure that their citizens’ voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about their town. People can get involved in politics by attending board meetings or voting in elections when they become available. As a small but vibrant community, Berlin strives to ensure that its citizens have a say in how their town operates so they can continue to live in a safe and inviting environment for years to come.
The political climate in Berlin, 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
Berlin, 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.
Berlin, 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 Berlin, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 564 contributions totaling $34,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)