Riverside, NY is a small town in the northeast corner of the state with a population of just under 2,000 people. The politics in Riverside are largely dominated by the local Democratic Party, and there are several local political candidates running for office in upcoming elections. While it would be impossible to name all the candidates running for various offices, some of the notable names include Joe Smith, who is running for Town Supervisor; Linda Jones, who is running for Town Council; and Bill Patterson, who is running for County Sheriff. All of these candidates are campaigning hard to get their message out to constituents and they hope to represent Riverside in their respective roles if elected.
The political climate in Riverside, NY is somewhat conservative.
Steuben County, NY is strongly conservative. In Steuben County, NY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steuben county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.2%.
Steuben county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverside, NY is somewhat conservative.
Steuben County, New York is strongly conservative.
Corning Metro Area is strongly 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.
Riverside, 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 Riverside, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,203 contributions totaling $769,252 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 393 contributions totaling $187,236 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $476 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)