The city of Schenectady, NY is situated in the Capital Region of New York State and has a population of 66,135. Politics in 12303 Schenectady are currently dominated by two main organisations: The Democratic Party and the Working Families Party. In the most recent local election, the Democratic candidate for mayor was Gary McCarthy, who won with a majority vote. He is supported by many community members who believe in his plans for improving public safety, job creation and economic development. Additionally, City Councilor Leesa Perazzo is also part of the Democratic Party and has been representing the citizens of 12303 Schenectady since 2014. She works to ensure fairness and equal access to economic opportunity for all residents. The Working Families Party also has a presence in 12303 Schenectady through their candidate Ed Kosiur, who ran in opposition to McCarthy’s candidacy during the mayoral election this year. With support from union members and other progressives across New York State he promised to bring bold steps forward on issues such as education reform and job opportunities for vulnerable populations.
The political climate in Zip 12303 (Schenectady, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Schenectady County, NY is somewhat liberal. In Schenectady County, NY 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schenectady county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
Schenectady county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12303 (Schenectady, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Schenectady, New York is somewhat liberal.
Schenectady County, New York is somewhat 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.
Schenectady, 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 12303 (Schenectady)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,364 contributions totaling $87,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $15,294 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)