Pittsford, NY is a vibrant and diverse town located in the western region of New York. It provides its citizens with numerous opportunities to get involved in local politics and stay informed on current issues. Through attending town hall meetings, voting in the elections for local representatives, or joining a political organization, residents of Pittsford can make their voices heard. Local candidates regularly come forward to represent the citizens’ beliefs and goals running for city council positions, board of education representatives, and even mayor. These candidates are typically well informed on local issues and dedicate their time to making sure all voices are represented at a local level.
The political climate in Pittsford, NY is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, NY is moderately liberal. In Monroe County, NY 59.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.3% to 38.2%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pittsford, NY is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, New York is moderately 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.
Pittsford, New York: d d D D D D
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 Pittsford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22,335 contributions totaling $2,791,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,078 contributions totaling $1,365,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)