Rensselaerville, NY is a small hamlet located in Albany County which has a population of approximately 990 people. The area is governed by the Town Board, which consists of four elected members who are responsible for setting local policies and making decisions regarding the town's budget. Through their efforts, they ensure that the needs of all Rensselaerville residents are met and that the town remains a desirable place to live. Additionally, there is an elected supervisor who oversees all operations and works closely with the Town Board to ensure that Rensselaerville remains prosperous. All local political candidates must be registered voters in Rensselaerville in order to participate in elections.
The political climate in Zip 12147 (Rensselaerville, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, NY is strongly liberal. In Albany County, NY 64.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albany county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Albany county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12147 (Rensselaerville, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Rensselaerville, New York is somewhat liberal.
Albany County, New York is strongly 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.
Rensselaerville, New York: D D D D D 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 12147 (Rensselaerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $14,738 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)