The politics in Caroga, NY are largely focused on local issues that affect the community. This includes issues such as improving public safety, increasing access to healthcare and education, and creating jobs for residents. Residents of Caroga have a variety of voices when it comes to local political decisions, with some supporting Democratic candidates while others support Republican candidates. Political discussions among residents often focus on the different aspects of proposed policies and how they may benefit or hurt the community in various ways. Every election season brings new opportunities for residents to join together and make their voices heard through voting. Regardless of who is elected, Caroga remains an engaged and vibrant community with strong support for its current mayoral administration.
The political climate in Caroga, NY is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, NY is strongly conservative. In Fulton County, NY 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.4%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Caroga, NY is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, New York is strongly conservative.
Gloversville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Caroga, New York: r R r R 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 Caroga, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 883 contributions totaling $43,668 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 339 contributions totaling $32,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)