Batavia, NY is a city in western New York that has a strong sense of community and civic engagement. The people of Batavia are proud and passionate about their local politics, electing representatives and city council members who they believe will make the best decisions for the city. Currently, the mayor of Batavia is Steve Schutte who was elected to office in 2019. The Batavia City Council has seven members: Lisa Johnson, Robert Bialkowski, John Canale, John Geracitano, Mark Weisser, Emma Cole-Baker and Christopher Isner. They work together to make decisions on important issues facing the city such as budgeting, public works projects and land use regulations. In addition to this elected body, Batavia also has numerous boards and commissions that help residents have a voice in local government by providing advice and input on specific topics. Through these various bodies of government, citizens have the opportunity to get involved with politics in their own community and ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Batavia, NY is somewhat conservative.
Genesee County, NY is very conservative. In Genesee County, NY 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 32.9%.
Genesee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Batavia, NY is somewhat conservative.
Genesee County, New York is very conservative.
Batavia Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Batavia, New York: R R R R R R
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Batavia, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $24,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $16,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)