Hector, NY is a small community located in Ontario County. While the town may be small, its politics are big on local issues. Hector has an active Town Council that consists of seven members who are elected by the residents of the town for a two-year term. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters affecting the community such as zoning regulations, budgeting, and infrastructure improvements. Residents of Hector also have the opportunity to cast their votes in a variety of local elections concerning important issues such as school board members and county officials. Additionally, residents can attend public hearings and other town meetings to learn more about initiatives being proposed by local leaders. The citizens of Hector take pride in their ability to voice their opinions and make well-informed decisions about how their government should be run and what policies should be passed or repealed.
The political climate in Hector, NY is moderately conservative.
Schuyler County, NY is moderately conservative. In Schuyler County, NY 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuyler county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 40.0%.
Schuyler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hector, NY is moderately conservative.
Schuyler County, New York is moderately 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.
Hector, 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 Hector, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,414 contributions totaling $182,842 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $57,762 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)