Gloversville, NY is a unique town that has a distinct political atmosphere. The town is located in upstate New York and has been around since the late 1800s, making it one of the oldest towns in the region. Gloversville politics are run by its Mayor, Frank Pasquale, and members of Town Council. Together they focus on providing services to citizens such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives that help keep the area prosperous. As a result of their commitment to serve the people of Gloversville, these city officials have worked hard to ensure that all citizens have access to quality education through schools like Fulton-Montgomery Community College and Johnstown High School. Gloversville also maintains a strong presence within its state government with representatives from both major parties holding seats in both chambers of Congress. With leaders dedicated to ensuring the prosperity of Gloversville for many years to come, residents can rest assured that their voices will be heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Zip 12078 (Gloversville, NY) is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, NY is strongly conservative. In Fulton County, NY 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.4%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12078 (Gloversville, NY) is moderately conservative.
Gloversville, New York is moderately conservative.
Fulton County, New York is strongly conservative.
Gloversville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Gloversville, New York: r 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 zip 12078 (Gloversville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $12,674 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $11,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)