Barrington, NY is a small town located in upstate New York. It has a strong sense of community, with many of its residents participating in local politics. Residents are passionate about the issues that affect their town and take an active role in local elections. The town has a mayor and several council members that are elected by the public every few years. Issues such as public education, infrastructure and economic development have been discussed at length over the years and have resulted in changes to better serve the needs of the Barrington community. Partnering with organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce helps to create new jobs and enhance economic growth for current businesses within the area. Every year during election season, candidates from all walks of life come forward to run for local office, giving Barrington residents an opportunity to make their voices heard on important issues.
The political climate in Barrington, NY is moderately conservative.
Yates County, NY is moderately conservative. In Yates County, NY 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yates county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 39.3%.
Yates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barrington, NY is moderately conservative.
Yates County, New York is moderately conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Barrington, 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 Barrington, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,690 contributions totaling $91,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $22,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)