Livingston County is located in Western New York and is known for its vibrant political atmosphere. It has a long history of involvement in local, state, and national politics and is home to many elected officials from both major political parties. In recent years, the county has seen a surge in new political candidates campaigning on issues such as education reform, healthcare reform, environmental protections, and economic development. Recent elections have been hotly contested and have seen candidates from both sides fighting hard for the vote of Livingston residents. With every election season bringing unexpected results, Livingston County remains an exciting and unpredictable place when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Livingston County, NY is moderately conservative.
In Livingston County, NY 39.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 39.7%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Livingston County, NY 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.
Livingston, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Livingston County, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,390 contributions totaling $194,668 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $71,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)