Politics in Huron, NY are vibrant and active. The City Council is made up of seven members that are elected to represent the interests of the community. There is an active mayoral race every four years where local candidates campaign for the position. The mayor serves as a head of government for the city and works with the City Council to create policy that serves both the needs of its citizens and businesses. Additionally, there are several initiatives taken on by city officials to ensure that Huron remains a great place to live, work, and play. Citizens have several opportunities each year to participate in forums and meetings with their representatives to make sure their voice is heard on topics ranging from property taxes, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and more.
The political climate in Huron, NY is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, NY is moderately conservative. In Wayne County, NY 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.0%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Huron, NY is moderately conservative.
Wayne 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.
Huron, 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 Huron, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 329 contributions totaling $12,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)