Editing Brunswick, New York (section)

==Politics==
Brunswick has both an organized [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Committee]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Brunswick Town Democratic Committee |publisher=Brunswick Town Democratic Committee |url=http://www.brunswickdems.com |access-date=September 11, 2009}}</ref> and [[United States Republican Party|Republican Committee]].<ref name=repub>{{cite web |title=Brunswick Republican Committee |publisher=Brunswick Republican Committee |url=http://www.brunswickgop.com/ |access-date=September 8, 2009}}</ref> The legislative branch of Brunswick government has been under Republican control since the late 1990s.<ref name=repub/> Republicans have a comfortable majority in the town: as of April 1, 2009, there were 2670 registered Republicans and 2230 registered Democrats residing in the town.<ref name=voterstats>{{cite web |title=NYSVoter Enrollment by Election District, Party Affiliation and Status: Rensselaer County |publisher=[[New York State Board of Elections]] |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2009 |url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/nysboe/Enrollment/election%20district/2009/April/RensselaerED_apr09.pdf}}</ref> [[Third party (United States)|Third parties]] are also represented, though with low populations relative to the main two parties. The third parties represented include the [[Independence Party of New York|Independence Party]], [[Conservative Party of New York|Conservative Party]], [[Working Families Party]], [[Green Party of New York|Green Party]], and [[Libertarian Party of New York|Libertarian Party]]; the Independence Party significantly outnumbers any other third party.<ref name=voterstats/>