Ontario, NY is a town located in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. It is home to a diverse population of approximately 11,000 people. The town is governed by an elected Town Board whose members serve staggered four-year terms. The Town Supervisor and three Town Board Members are all elected at-large from the entire town. All the political candidates within Ontario, NY must follow the same rules as other local candidates throughout New York State, such as filing required paperwork with the local board of elections and participating actively in election campaigns. Many Ontarians take pride in their ability to have their voices heard on policy decisions that affect their local community, from budget allocations and land use issues to infrastructure improvements and public safety initiatives. With this autonomy comes responsibility; Ontarians must remain engaged and vigilant about their local politics and how it is impacting their lives and those of their neighbors.
The political climate in Ontario, 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
Ontario, 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.
Ontario, 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 Ontario, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 690 contributions totaling $15,436 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $20,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)