Saratoga, NY is a small town in upstate New York known for its thriving tourism industry and historic sites. Politically, the town is split between the Republican and Democratic parties. The Saratoga Town Board has four members from both the Republican and Democratic parties who work together to address local issues. Additionally, the town's mayor is elected by popular vote and serves a four-year term. Though this area of upstate New York tends to lean Republican, the current mayor is a Democrat who has served since 2013. Recently, Saratoga's local politics have been focused on issues such as economic development, environmental protection, education funding, infrastructure improvements, and public safety. With multiple candidates running for various positions on both sides of the aisle this November, voters in Saratoga are sure to have plenty of choices when it comes to selecting their representatives.
The political climate in Saratoga, NY is leaning conservative.
Saratoga County, NY is leaning liberal. In Saratoga County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saratoga county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.2%.
Saratoga county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Saratoga, NY is leaning conservative.
Saratoga 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.
Saratoga, New York: r r 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 Saratoga, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,965 contributions totaling $1,080,873 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 990 contributions totaling $523,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $528 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)