Burnt Hills, NY is a small town located in Saratoga County with a population of approximately 8,800 people. Though the town is relatively small, politics play an important role in determining the future of Burnt Hills. The local political atmosphere is shaped by the representatives from the NYS Assembly District 111 and US Congressional District 21 who are voted in to serve the people of Burnt Hills. The current NYS Assembly representative for District 111 is Angelo Santabarbara and the current US Congressional representative for district 21 is Elise Stefanik. These officials actively work on behalf of the people of Burnt Hills to ensure their voices are heard and their needs are met. Residents can participate in local politics by voting in elections or attending community meetings hosted by their representatives to discuss issues that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 12027 (Burnt Hills, 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
Zip 12027 (Burnt Hills, NY) is leaning conservative.
Burnt Hills, New York 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.
Burnt Hills, 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 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 zip 12027 (Burnt Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 364 contributions totaling $66,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $5,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)