Schodack, NY is located in the heart of Rensselaer County and is known for its small-town charm. It has a rich political history that dates back to the early 1800s when it was established as a township. Since then, the town has seen many different candidates come and go in local elections. In recent years, Schodack citizens have seen the election of long-time mayor Harry G. Daley, who served from 2013 until 2019. He was succeeded by current mayor Matthew J. Kiefer, who has been in office since 2019. The town also has a representative in the New York State Assembly—Democrat Patricia Fahy—who was first elected in 2012 and reelected three times since then, most recently in 2018. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that all of Schodack’s residents have access to high-quality services and opportunities to thrive within their own community. As such, Schodack remains an active part of Rensselaer County politics today.
The political climate in Schodack, 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
Schodack, 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.
Schodack, 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 Schodack, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,413 contributions totaling $638,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 923 contributions totaling $126,087 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)