Lima, NY is a small rural town located in Livingston County, New York. It has a long and rich history of political involvement and community engagement. At the local level, the government of Lima is led by an elected mayor and four trustees who serve on the village board. The village board works together to make important decisions about local issues such as taxes, zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, and economic development projects. They also work with state representatives to advocate for the needs of Lima residents. Voter participation in local elections is high as Lima residents take an active role in shaping their local government. They are passionate about preserving their small-town culture while striving to make progress in areas like economic development and education.
The political climate in Zip 14485 (Lima, NY) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 14485 (Lima, NY) is moderately conservative.
Lima, New York is moderately conservative.
Livingston 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.
Lima, 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 zip 14485 (Lima)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $5,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $2,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)