Galen, NY is a small town in upstate New York with a population of approximately 5,000 people. The political landscape in Galen is heavily influenced by its rural setting and the small-town values of its residents. Local politics are mainly focused on issues such as maintaining the town's agricultural heritage, preserving the environment and providing the best services to residents. At the top of the local political scene are a mayor and city council elected by the residents. Similarly, there are several county representatives who act as advocates for their constituents at higher levels of government. In general, politics in Galen is highly representative and responsive to the needs of local citizens.
The political climate in Galen, NY is somewhat conservative.
Wayne County, NY is moderately conservative. In Wayne County, NY 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.0%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Galen, NY is somewhat conservative.
Wayne County, New York is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Galen, 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 Galen, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $3,612 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)