Montgomery, New York is a county located in the Hudson Valley region of the state. It is home to several towns and villages with an estimated total population of 50,000 people. As part of New York State, Montgomery County is subject to all local and state laws as well as elections for candidates from the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Green and Working Families parties who are elected to serve its residents. Montgomery County has been involved in many political issues over the years including changes to zoning regulations, new development projects, and environmental concerns. The county also participates in state-wide initiatives such as new gun legislation and health care reform. In order to ensure that all voices are heard at the local level, Montgomery County holds regular town hall meetings where citizens can learn more about current issues and discuss them with their elected representatives.
The political climate in Montgomery County, NY is moderately conservative.
In Montgomery County, NY 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.7%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montgomery County, NY is moderately conservative.
Amsterdam Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Montgomery, New York: d r r r R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Montgomery County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,103 contributions totaling $51,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 385 contributions totaling $52,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)