Ogdensburg, NY is a city located on the St. Lawrence River in Northern New York. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected at large by the citizens of Ogdensburg every four years. The current mayor is Terry Baker, who was first elected in 2014 and is currently serving his second term. In addition to the mayor, there are six members of the City Council who are also voted into office every four years. The council members serve as representatives for their respective wards within Ogdensburg and they provide input and direction for various city initiatives and policies. There are also a few local political parties that hold meetings throughout the year which encourages citizens to learn more about important issues facing their community as well as participate in politics at a local level. This helps ensure that all voices from different backgrounds and experiences are heard when it comes to making decisions regarding the future of Ogdensburg.
The political climate in Ogdensburg, NY is leaning 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
Ogdensburg, NY is leaning 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.
Ogdensburg, 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 Ogdensburg, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $24,734 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $13,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)