Ogden, New York is a small town located in Monroe County. It is a peaceful community that values its local government and its role in the political process. The town has an active Town Board and an open public forum for residents to voice their opinions on local issues. The Town Board consists of five members who are elected by the citizens of Ogden and serve four-year terms. Each Board member represents one of five different wards in the town and is responsible for making decisions regarding local matters like budgets, laws, and infrastructure improvements. All elections are held at the municipal level with candidates running for office on both the Democratic and Republican ballots. Residents are encouraged to participate in local politics as their voices matter and can make a difference in creating a better future for Ogden.
The political climate in Ogden, NY is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, NY is moderately liberal. In Monroe County, NY 59.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.3% to 38.2%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ogden, NY is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, New York is moderately liberal.
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.
Ogden, 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 Ogden, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,968 contributions totaling $217,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 785 contributions totaling $161,018 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)