Riga, NY is a small rural town located in Monroe County in upstate New York. It's a tight-knit community of just under 5,000 people, with an active and diverse local politics. The town has representation on the county-level by two elected officials from the Democratic and Republican parties. On the state-level, Riga is represented by three members of the New York State Assembly and one member of the State Senate. These representatives have worked together to promote investment in Riga and ensure that local issues are given adequate attention. Additionally, the Town Board is responsible for making decisions regarding zoning laws, ordinances, budgets, tax rates, and other important matters related to local government. All these efforts help ensure that Riga remains a desirable place for families to call home.
The political climate in Riga, 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
Riga, 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.
Riga, 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 Riga, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $27,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 229 contributions totaling $57,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)