Ogdensburg, NY is located in St. Lawrence County and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor of Ogdensburg is William L. Nelson, who was elected in 2017 and is currently serving his first term. The city council consists of six members, each elected for a two-year term in odd-numbered years. Together the mayor and the council are responsible for setting the budget, enacting laws, making appointments to various boards and commissions, and overall governing the city. Ogdensburg has traditionally been conservative in its leanings politically with all the recent mayors being Republican candidates. In recent elections local candidates have focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvement and community outreach programs to improve quality of life for residents.
The political climate in Zip 13669 (Ogdensburg, NY) is leaning conservative.
St. Lawrence County, NY is somewhat conservative. In St. Lawrence County, NY 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lawrence county remained strongly Republican, 54.8% to 43.1%.
St. Lawrence county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13669 (Ogdensburg, NY) is leaning conservative.
Ogdensburg, New York is leaning conservative.
St. Lawrence County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Ogdensburg-Massena Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Ogdensburg, New York: D D D D 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 13669 (Ogdensburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $24,734 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $13,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)