Politics in Poestenkill, NY are largely influenced by the Republican and Democratic Parties. The town is represented by Senator George Amedore Jr., Assemblyman John T. McDonald III and Congressman Paul Tonko on the state and federal levels respectively. On the local level, the Town of Poestenkill has an elected Town Board as well as a Board of Education for its school district. Residents of Poestenkill are able to vote in local, state, and national elections, giving them a say in how their town is run.
The political climate in Poestenkill, NY is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poestenkill, NY is leaning conservative.
Rensselaer County, New York is leaning 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.
Poestenkill, New York: d d d D r 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 Poestenkill, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,363 contributions totaling $378,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 632 contributions totaling $99,871 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)