Troy, NY is located in Rensselaer County and is home to a population of just over 50,000 people. It has five wards and is governed by a mayor-council system. The current Mayor of Troy is Patrick Madden who was elected in 2015. He serves with the City Council which consists of 8 representatives - one from each ward - and four at-large members who are elected by all the city's voters. Issues concerning the citizens include public safety, taxes, employment opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Furthermore, city officials are committed to making Troy a safe place to live for its residents while also making it attractive to businesses so that they may invest in the area. They value sound fiscal management of taxpayer money and strive to make sure that programs are implemented efficiently and effectively so as to benefit all involved parties.
The political climate in Zip 12180 (Troy, NY) is leaning liberal.
Rensselaer County, NY is leaning liberal. In Rensselaer County, NY 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rensselaer county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Rensselaer county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12180 (Troy, NY) is leaning liberal.
Troy, New York is leaning liberal.
Rensselaer 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.
Troy, New York: d d 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 12180 (Troy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,260 contributions totaling $249,203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 425 contributions totaling $76,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)