The politics of Mariaville Lake, NY are largely determined by the local government. Mariaville Lake is served by a Town Supervisor and four Town Council Members. The town council meets regularly to discuss and vote on important matters such as budget, infrastructure, public safety, environmental protection, community development, and other issues related to the well-being of the citizens. Each year the town council also elects a new mayor from among its members. In addition to the town council, there are several committees that support the work of the government. These committees include a Community Advisory Board for Economic Development, Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Board, Environmental Quality Commission and an Advisory Committee on Aging. All these activities help shape policy in Mariaville Lake to benefit its citizens.
The political climate in Mariaville 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
Mariaville 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.
Mariaville 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 Mariaville Lake, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 722 contributions totaling $34,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $62,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)