The politics of Glenville, New York are mainly governed by the town's local government. The Town of Glenville is made up of three elected supervisors and four council members who are voted in every two years to serve as the governing body. These officials are responsible for making decisions regarding all aspects of public policy in the town including budgeting, taxes, infrastructure, zoning, and other matters. The town also has a mayor who serves a four-year term and presides over meetings of the Board of Supervisors. Together, they work with state and local agencies to ensure that all laws and regulations are followed. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous committees within the Town that address specific issues such as social services, planning and development, housing, education, and more. These committees provide input on potential changes or new initiatives to be presented to the board for their consideration.
The political climate in Glenville, NY is leaning liberal.
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
Glenville, NY is leaning liberal.
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.
Glenville, 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 Glenville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,021 contributions totaling $430,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,239 contributions totaling $184,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)