Gorham, NY is a small town located in New York's Finger Lakes region. It has a long history of political involvement that shapes the local culture of the town. The Town Board is elected every two years and consists of five members who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the municipality. Local citizens also have access to voting for other offices such as mayor, county executive, county sheriff, and representatives to the state legislature. As a result of this active community involvement in politics, Gorham has become an important part of both the local and regional political fabric of New York State. A range of issues from education and healthcare to economic development projects will be discussed by local politicians in meetings throughout the year in order to ensure that all voices are heard and included in decision making processes.
The political climate in Gorham, NY is somewhat conservative.
Ontario County, NY is leaning liberal. In Ontario County, NY 48.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ontario county remained narrowly Republican, 48.5% to 48.5%.
Ontario county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gorham, NY is somewhat conservative.
Ontario County, New York is leaning liberal.
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.
Gorham, 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 Gorham, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,617 contributions totaling $334,678 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 632 contributions totaling $182,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)