Torrey is a small town in Upstate New York with a population of just over 3,000 people. The local politics of Torrey are largely dominated by the Republican Party. This has been the case for many years and the current mayor is a Republican. There are several local political candidates running for office in Torrey but none from any other party, showing that Republicans continue to hold sway in this small town. The main issues facing Torrey's political landscape include improving public services, increasing infrastructure investment, and creating more jobs within the community. Local politicians have worked hard to make sure these needs are addressed and provide citizens with quality of life improvements. With elections upcoming, residents will be watching closely to see who they can trust with their vote to make sure their voices are heard at the polls.
The political climate in Torrey, 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
Torrey, 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.
Torrey, 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 Torrey, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,806 contributions totaling $142,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $38,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)