The town of 12074 Galway, NY is a small rural community located in Saratoga County. With a population of around 1,000 people, the town has an active local political scene. The main political body that governs the town is the Galway Town Board, which consists of five elected members who serve four-year terms. Elections are held every two years for the two positions that will become available at that time. Local political candidates are usually well known by the residents of Galway and their campaigns often focus on issues relevant to the town's needs such as infrastructure improvements, economic development and public services. The Town Board is responsible for making decisions regarding budgetary matters, managing contracts with vendors and businesses, and making local laws or ordinances. Every resident of 12074 Galway has the right to vote in local elections and can make their voice heard by participating in these important processes.
The political climate in Zip 12074 (Galway, 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 12074 (Galway, NY) is leaning conservative.
Galway, 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.
Galway, 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 12074 (Galway)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $4,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)