Political Participation in Saratoga Springs by the Numbers and Location. Carolyn Shapiro, Anna Austin, and Zach Lachman

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1 Political Participation in Saratoga Springs by the Numbers and Location Carolyn Shapiro, Anna Austin, and Zach Lachman

2 Political Participation by the Numbers 27,315 population 17,066 Registered Voters 13,500 Presidential 2012 voters 8,595 Gubernatorial 2014 voters 7,035 Mayoral 2015 voters 913 Public Safety Primary voters 802 houses with campaign signs 636 campaign contributors (excluding Finance) 197 people who attended Mayoral debate 11 candidates who ran for City Council and Supervisor

3 Important Places in the 2015 Election Potential Parking Garage Saratoga National Golf Course

4 2015 Election Results Mayoral Race Public Safety Race Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections Public Works Race Finance Race

5 2013 Election Results Mayoral Race Public Safety Race Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections Public Works Race Race Accounts Race

6 What trends do you notice? Downtown districts tend to be more Democratic Outer districts tend to be more Republican

7 2015 Mayoral Election Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections Yepsen heavily supported in the downtown districts Safford supported in the outer districts

8 Mayoral Election Comparison Yepsen gained support in the downtown and eastern districts Safford lost support in the eastern plateau, but gained support in the south western districts Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections

9 2015 Public Safety Election Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections Mathiesen supported in the downtown and western districts Wirth supported in district 22 the south western districts District 17 was very close

10 Public Safety Comparison Mathiesen gained support in the downtown and western districts Wirth lost support in the south western districts and eastern plateau Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections

11 2015 Public Works Election Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections McTygue received far less support from the downtown districts than other Democrats Scirocco received his strongest support in the eastern plateau followed by the western districts

12 Public Works Election McTygue gained support in the Southern districts Scirocco solidified his support in the eastern districts Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections

13 2015 Voter Turnout Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections

14 Campaign Contribution Analysis

15 Number of Contributions from Saratoga Springs Yepsen Saratoga Safford Saratoga Wirth Saratoga Mathiesen Saratoga Scirocco Saratoga Contributions McTygue Saratoga

16 Amount of Contributions from Saratoga Springs $ $ $14801 $ $6525 $ Safford Saratoga Yepsen Saratoga Wirth Saratoga Mathiesen Saratoga Scirocco Saratoga McTygue Saratoga

17 Three Caveats Finance Maps: only include contributions from Saratoga Springs do not include unitemized donations (under $100) do not include final contribution amounts

18 2012 Median Household Income

19 Campaign Contributions for Mayor Number of Contributions Percent of Contributions John Safford Number of Contributions Percent of Contributions Joanne Yepsen Source: New York State Board of Elections

20 Campaign Contributions for Public Safety Number of Contributions Percent of Contributions Richard Wirth Number of Contributions Percent of Contributions Chris Mathiesen Source: New York State Board of Elections

21 Funding for Saratoga PAC Number of Contributions Percent of Contributions Source: New York State Board of Elections

22 Political Sign Analysis

23 Political Signs in Saratoga Springs

24 Political Signs by Party District 11 had the most signs Democrats had a higher concentration of signs around downtown Republicans had a higher concentration of signs in the outer districts But all in all, there is an even distribution of signs throughout the city

25 Political Signs in Saratoga Springs Sign Count totals: Democrats vs. Republicans 791 GOP 773 Dem

26 Political Signs in Saratoga Springs Number of Signs for all Candidates Yepsen Scrirocco Mctygue Safford Wirth Mathiesen Ivins Madigan

27 Political Signs in Saratoga Springs Democratic Sign Count Totals Yepsen Mctygue Mathiesen Madigan Republican Sign Count Totals Srirocco Safford Wirth Ivins

28 Political Activism via Yard Signs Total Percent Population Saratoga Springs Population 27, % Houses with Yard Signs %

29 Political Signs for the Mayoral Election Sign Count for Mayoral Race Yepsen Safford

30 Political Signs for the Mayoral Election Yepsen had the most signs in district 8 Safford had the most signs in district 11

31 Political Signs for the Public Safety Election 250 Sign Count for Public Safety Race Mathiesen Wirth

32 Political Signs for the Public Safety Election Mathiesen had the most signs in district 12 Wirth had the most signs in district 21

33 Political Signs for the Public Works Election 300 Sign Count for Department of Public Works Race Mctygue Scrirocco

34 Political Signs for the Public Works Election McTygue had the most signs in district 14 Scirocco had the most signs in district 20

35 Political Signs for the Finance Race Sign Count for Finance Race Madigan Ivins

36 Political Signs for the Finance Race Madigan had the most signs in district 20 Ivins had the most signs in district 6

37 Putting Political Signs into Context % Registered Voters with Yard Signs % Voters with Yard Signs

38 Results Turnout What do these maps show? Contributions Lawn Signs