Granville, NY is a small town located in the northeastern corner of New York State. The town is governed by an elected mayor and four-person board of trustees. The town's politics are often influenced by the larger surrounding cities of Albany and Schenectady, as well as by state and national political issues. Every two years, local residents have the opportunity to vote for their leaders in the mayoral election and for their representatives on the board of trustees. The mayor takes responsibility for setting up policy and making administrative decisions. The Board of Trustees consists of four elected officials who investigate issues that affect Granville's citizens, oversee budgeting, review legislation and ordinances, and make recommendations to the mayor. This small community is passionate about its politics; residents come together every election season to discuss current issues that impact their lives directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Granville, 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
Granville, 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.
Granville, 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 Granville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 670 contributions totaling $76,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $24,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)