In 2019, Ballston Lake, NY is a small community with a population of just over 5,000 people. It is part of the larger Saratoga County and has a strong local government overseeing the community. There are two elected officials for the area: the Town Supervisor and the Town Council. The Town Supervisor is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations within the town. The Town Council works to ensure that all decisions made by the Supervisor are in line with local ordinances and standards. They also work to ensure that all residents have access to necessary services and resources. During 2019, both these officials worked hard to improve upon existing infrastructure within Ballston Lake in order to foster economic growth and development. They also helped implement initiatives that provided tax cuts for local businesses as well as increasing funds for public education and arts programming. In addition, they have promoted environmental initiatives such as energy efficient buildings and renewable energy sources. Overall, 2019 was a successful year for Ballston Lake's local politics.
The political climate in Zip 12019 (Ballston Lake, NY) is leaning liberal.
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 12019 (Ballston Lake, NY) is leaning liberal.
Ballston Lake, New York is leaning liberal.
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.
Ballston Lake, 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 12019 (Ballston Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,046 contributions totaling $63,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $16,517 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)