Duane Lake, NY is a small town with an active political scene. The local government is composed of a mayor and a board of trustees who are elected by the people of Duane Lake to represent their interests. Elections in Duane Lake are always hotly contested and many local candidates have been known to campaign hard for the votes of its citizens. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected in 2018, and he has worked hard to make Duane Lake a better place for all its residents. He has implemented new initiatives such as increasing public safety measures and expanding educational opportunities for students. In addition, he has also focused on creating more jobs in the area which has had a positive impact on the economy of Duane Lake.
The political climate in Duane Lake, NY is leaning conservative.
Schenectady County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Schenectady County, NY 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schenectady county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
Schenectady county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Duane Lake, NY is leaning conservative.
Schenectady County, New York is somewhat 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.
Duane Lake, New York: D d D D d 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 Duane Lake, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $12,262 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $13,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)