Batavia is a small town located in Genesee County, New York. It is home to a vibrant and involved political community, dedicated to improving and enhancing the lives of its citizens. Every election cycle, local candidates seek election or re-election to public office. These elections involve county-wide representation, as well as representation for specific wards within the city. Public offices that are regularly up for election include members of the Town Council, Supervisor, Town Clerk, Highway Superintendent and Assessor. Additionally, there are also several judgeships available for appointment by the Governor of New York. The current elected officials have been diligently working hard to ensure that Batavia remains a safe and prosperous community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Batavia town, NY is moderately conservative.
Genesee County, NY is very conservative. In Genesee County, NY 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Genesee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 32.9%.
Genesee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Batavia town, NY is moderately conservative.
Genesee County, New York is very conservative.
Batavia Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Batavia town, 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 Batavia town, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 323 contributions totaling $31,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $19,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)