Fort Edward, NY is a small city located in Washington County. Politics in Fort Edward are dominated by the local Republican Party, which has held a majority of seats on the town council since the early 2000s. The current mayor of Fort Edward is Darcy Furlow, who was elected with a strong majority in 2018. In her time as mayor, she has worked to improve economic development and community engagement. She has also created new policies to promote environmental sustainability within the town. Additionally, the city council has passed numerous initiatives to improve public safety and local infrastructure. Outside of local politics, many residents of Fort Edward are active members of various political organizations and take part in statewide and national elections. The city has also seen an increase in civic engagement due to recent developments such as youth-led projects that have raised awareness about social justice issues and causes like climate change.
The political climate in Fort Edward, NY is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Washington County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Edward, NY is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Glens Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fort Edward, New York: R R 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 Fort Edward, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,157 contributions totaling $61,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $26,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)