The small town of Hamlin, NY, located in Monroe County, is home to a diverse population of around 8,000 people. Politically, the town leans heavily towards the Democratic Party as registered Democrats make up nearly 60% of registered voters. At the local level, Hamlin has a Town Supervisor and five Town Council members that are elected every two years by popular vote. All of these positions are currently held by Democrats, who have been actively advocating for the community's needs and interests since taking office. A number of other initiatives have been proposed and implemented in recent years such as increasing public safety through better policing strategies or renovating public parks and playgrounds. All in all, Hamlin is an active political community with strong leaders pushing for positive change.
The political climate in Zip 14464 (Hamlin, NY) is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, NY is moderately liberal. In Monroe County, NY 59.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.3% to 38.2%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14464 (Hamlin, NY) is leaning liberal.
Hamlin, New York is leaning liberal.
Monroe County, New York is moderately liberal.
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.
Hamlin, 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 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 zip 14464 (Hamlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $672 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $1,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)