Starkey, NY is a small town located in the state of New York. Its local politics are focused on making the town a better place for its citizens to live. The local government works to improve infrastructure, provide services, and ensure that the community is safe and thriving. The town elects politicians at each level of government from their representatives in the county legislature all the way up to their congressional representatives in Washington D.C. All elected officials work with the community to make sure that Starkey is able to meet the needs of its citizens while also protecting their rights and freedoms as outlined by local, state, and federal law.
The political climate in Starkey, NY is somewhat 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
Starkey, NY is somewhat 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.
Starkey, 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 Starkey, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,629 contributions totaling $49,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $7,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)