Rushford, NY is a small town with a strong sense of community. The town is governed by the Rushford Town Board, which consists of five members who are elected to serve two-year terms. They are responsible for enacting local laws and ordinances, approving budgets, and appointing department heads. In addition to the Town Board, Rushford also elects its mayor on an annual basis. The mayor oversees the operations of local government as well as serves as a leader in the community. There are also numerous other positions within municipal government such as the board of assessors, zoning board of appeals, and planning board that are appointed or elected depending on the position requirements. All of these officials work together to ensure that Rushford remains safe and prosperous while satisfying the needs and interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Rushford, NY is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, NY is very conservative. In Allegany County, NY 29.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.1%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rushford, NY is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, New York is very 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.
Rushford, 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 Rushford, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 506 contributions totaling $8,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $36,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)