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NOVEMBER 2023 ELECTION RESULTS IN WATERFORD

There's no surprise that not a single Democrat won in Waterford's November elections, because there was not a single Democrat on the ballot.  That's of course a sad statement about the social structure of Waterford, and the way that our political elections are really popularity contests in which the Good Old Boy's clique is almost destined to win. That's sad, because there's never any dicussion among the general electorate about the vision of what Waterford should be, where it should go, how it might be improved, or what citizens are concerned about.

There's no doubt that the problem is not one merely that the local political figures rely on the Waterford Glee Club to walk into office with a minimum of campaigning or communicating with voters.  But there's also no doubt that the bigger problem is the public's lack of concern and awarenss about issues facing Waterford and options for perhaps going a different direction than the Good Old Boys want to go.  If Waterfordians demanded real public discourse about an issue, we might actually get something resembling that.  Although it's doubtful, since the “public discourse” that the local hereditary aristocrats always refer to are the open hearing at their Town and Village Council meetings.  Anybody who has gone to these meetings understands very well that these are not public forums as much as they are rubber stamp ceremonies, at which questions and challenges are met with preformulated answers.  Then at the end of a brief and tightly moderated discussion, the members vote unanimously — always unanimously, with never a single dissent for the last however many decades since Dr. Grattan did a short stint on a council before getting run off by the Good Old Boys.

Anyway, the elections in November '23 were by and large not good for Democrats across the county … except for a few really encouraging instances where people came together to oust bad Republican candidates.  This would include the elections in Moreau, Clifton Park, and Malta.  What led to Democratic victories in those communities was basically a good ground game, lots of signs, and great canvassing in the residential areas.  There are definitely lessons to be learned in all of these three communities, and it would do well for Democrats in Waterford to talk about, and act on, these issues before the next Town/Village elections.    

Anyway, we are pasting the results from Waterford's Town elections here.  Complete election results and other valuable election-related topics are posted on the Saratoga County Board of Election website.  To see the BOE's PDF of complete election results, CLICK HERE 

Vote totals for Town Supervisor are shown here.  
What's always interesting for Democrats in unopposed races like these is how many people did NOT vote for the Candidate/s … to include “blanks” and “write-ins.”  In the case of the Supervisor election, just over 18% of Waterfordians … almost one in five voters … rejected the idea of voting for the candidate.  

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