Rushville, NY is a small town located in Western New York. It has a population of around 1,000 people and is known for its rural charm. The town is primarily overseen by the Town Supervisor and Board of Trustees, both of who are elected officials. Every two years Rushville residents go to the polls to elect their representatives and decide on important issues like taxes, budgets, and development projects. The Town Supervisor serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the town and ensures that the laws are enforced and managed in accordance with state regulations. The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and ensuring that taxpayer money is spent wisely. Every election cycle local political candidates campaign for these positions in order to provide Rushville with their own unique vision for the town's future.
The political climate in Rushville, NY is moderately conservative.
Yates County, NY is moderately conservative. In Yates County, NY 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yates county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 39.3%.
Yates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rushville, NY is moderately conservative.
Yates 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.
Rushville, 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 Rushville, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $3,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $25,124 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $897 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)