Jerusalem, New York is a small rural town located in Yates County. The town has a long and rich history, with its roots dating back to the late 1700s. The population of Jerusalem is estimated at just under 600 people as of the 2010 census. Politically, Jerusalem is part of the greater Yates County area, which leans heavily towards conservative values and is mainly Republican represented on the local level. Locally elected officials are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community regarding taxes, infrastructure, education and more. While there are no specific political candidates from Jerusalem running for office at this time, residents can take part in campaigns and activities to help shape their community’s future. Residents also have a voice in national political issues by voting in presidential elections every four years.
The political climate in Jerusalem, 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
Jerusalem, 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.
Jerusalem, 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 Jerusalem, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,458 contributions totaling $232,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $72,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)