12871 Schuylerville, NY is a small town with a population of around 4,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Jason White. The town council consists of five members as well as representatives from several local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Public Library Committee. The town holds local elections every two years to decide who will represent them in the town council. Residents are able to voice their opinion on issues that affect their community through voting at these elections or by attending public meetings held by their elected officials. The town also has a number of committees and task forces which work together to address various issues facing Schuylerville’s citizens. The town's elected officials strive to ensure that the needs and concerns of all citizens are taken into account when making decisions for the good of the community.
The political climate in Zip 12871 (Schuylerville, 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 12871 (Schuylerville, NY) is leaning conservative.
Schuylerville, 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.
Schuylerville, 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 12871 (Schuylerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $5,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $4,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)