Political Participation in Saratoga Springs by the Numbers and Location Carolyn Shapiro, Anna Austin, and Zach Lachman
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
Important Places in the 2015 Election Potential Parking Garage Saratoga National Golf Course
2015 Election Results Mayoral Race Public Safety Race Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections Public Works Race Finance Race
2013 Election Results Mayoral Race Public Safety Race Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections Public Works Race Race Accounts Race
What trends do you notice? Downtown districts tend to be more Democratic Outer districts tend to be more Republican
2015 Mayoral Election Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections Yepsen heavily supported in the downtown districts Safford supported in the outer districts
Mayoral Election Comparison 2013 2015 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
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
Public Safety Comparison 2013 2015 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
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
Public Works Election 2013 2015 McTygue gained support in the Southern districts Scirocco solidified his support in the eastern districts Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections
2015 Voter Turnout Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections
Campaign Contribution Analysis
Number of Contributions from Saratoga Springs 200 180 160 173 167 140 134 120 104 100 80 60 40 20 33 25 0 Yepsen Saratoga Safford Saratoga Wirth Saratoga Mathiesen Saratoga Scirocco Saratoga Contributions McTygue Saratoga
Amount of Contributions from Saratoga Springs 35000 $32695.75 $31515 30000 25000 20000 15000 $14801 $12867.8 10000 $6525 $6042 5000 0 Safford Saratoga Yepsen Saratoga Wirth Saratoga Mathiesen Saratoga Scirocco Saratoga McTygue Saratoga
Three Caveats Finance Maps: only include contributions from Saratoga Springs do not include unitemized donations (under $100) do not include final contribution amounts
2012 Median Household Income
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
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
Funding for Saratoga PAC Number of Contributions Percent of Contributions Source: New York State Board of Elections
Political Sign Analysis
Political Signs in Saratoga Springs
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
Political Signs in Saratoga Springs Sign Count totals: Democrats vs. Republicans 791 GOP 773 Dem
Political Signs in Saratoga Springs 350 313 300 Number of Signs for all Candidates 250 252 200 205 198 194 150 145 147 110 100 50 0 Yepsen Scrirocco Mctygue Safford Wirth Mathiesen Ivins Madigan
Political Signs in Saratoga Springs Democratic Sign Count Totals 350 300 313 250 200 150 100 50 205 145 110 0 Yepsen Mctygue Mathiesen Madigan Republican Sign Count Totals 300 250 252 200 198 194 150 147 100 50 0 Srirocco Safford Wirth Ivins
Political Activism via Yard Signs Total Percent Population Saratoga Springs Population 27,315 100% Houses with Yard Signs 802 2.9%
Political Signs for the Mayoral Election Sign Count for Mayoral Race 350 313 300 250 200 198 150 100 50 0 Yepsen Safford
Political Signs for the Mayoral Election Yepsen had the most signs in district 8 Safford had the most signs in district 11
Political Signs for the Public Safety Election 250 Sign Count for Public Safety Race 200 194 150 145 100 50 0 Mathiesen Wirth
Political Signs for the Public Safety Election Mathiesen had the most signs in district 12 Wirth had the most signs in district 21
Political Signs for the Public Works Election 300 Sign Count for Department of Public Works Race 250 252 200 205 150 100 50 0 Mctygue Scrirocco
Political Signs for the Public Works Election McTygue had the most signs in district 14 Scirocco had the most signs in district 20
Political Signs for the Finance Race Sign Count for Finance Race 160 147 140 120 110 100 80 60 40 20 0 Madigan Ivins
Political Signs for the Finance Race Madigan had the most signs in district 20 Ivins had the most signs in district 6
Putting Political Signs into Context % Registered Voters with Yard Signs % Voters with Yard Signs
Results Turnout What do these maps show? Contributions Lawn Signs