The politics in the Batavia, NY Metro Area are an important part of the city's culture. The political environment is shaped by local and national issues, as well as local and county-wide initiatives. The current mayor of Batavia is Jeffery Schlicht, who was reelected in 2019 for his third term. Other elected officials in the city include City Council Members John Savering, Crystal Mazzurco, and Barb Schimert. On the county level, all legislative decisions are handled by Genesee County Legislature which consists of nine members from the area. All decisions made by this board must be approved by the County Executive, Mark Poloncarz. Additionally, on a national level, Batavia is represented in Congress by Congressman Chris Jacobs of New York's 27th Congressional District. Overall, politics in the Batavia Metro Area are actively engaged with local trends and national issues alike to ensure that the people of Batavia have a strong voice in government affairs.
The political climate in Batavia Metro Area is very conservative.
In Batavia Metro Area 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, the Batavia metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 32.9%.
The Batavia metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Batavia Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 772 contributions totaling $62,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 454 contributions totaling $104,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)