Rochester is a town located in upstate New York and it is home to a bustling population of over 200,000 people. While Rochester doesn’t have its own mayor or local government, it is represented in the state legislature by State Assemblywoman Deanna Stephenson and State Senator Rich Funke. At the federal level, Rochester is represented by Congresswoman Louise Slaughter who serves on both the House Rules Committee and the Appropriations Committee. The city of Rochester also has a City Council which meets twice a month to address local issues. In addition to these elected officials, Rochester has many non-profit organizations that work to improve the city’s public policy agenda and address issues like economic development, infrastructure improvements, education reform and public safety. All of these entities work together to ensure that Rochester remains an attractive place for businesses, families and visitors alike.
The political climate in Rochester town (Ulster County), NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, NY is moderately liberal. In Ulster County, NY 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ulster county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 38.6%.
Ulster county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rochester town (Ulster County), NY is leaning liberal.
Ulster County, New York is moderately liberal.
Kingston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Rochester town (Ulster 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 Rochester town (Ulster County), NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,842 contributions totaling $462,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $24,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)