Brighton, located in Monroe County, New York is an active and vibrant community with a large number of local political figures. The Town Board consists of four members who are elected by the residents of Brighton and each serve a two year term. In addition, the Supervisor is also elected to a two year term and has the authority to appoint department heads in order to make sure that municipal services are provided efficiently. In addition to these positions, there are several other elected officials such as justices of the peace, town clerks, highway superintendents, assessors, and more. Brighton also has a strong presence at both the state and national level with representatives from all levels of government who actively participate in debates and decisions that affect the citizens living here.
The political climate in Brighton town (Monroe County), NY is somewhat 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
Brighton town (Monroe County), NY is somewhat 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.
Brighton town (Monroe County), 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 Brighton town (Monroe County), NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,130 contributions totaling $1,500,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,179 contributions totaling $507,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $430 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)