The small town of Medina, NY (zip code 14103) is located in Orleans County and has a population of approximately 6,000 people. The local politics of the area are governed by the Town Supervisor, Town Councilors, and Highway Superintendent who are all elected to their positions. Each three-year term for these offices begins on January 1. In 2021, current Town Supervisor Sroka was re-elected to his 4th consecutive term leading the town. Current Highway Superintendent John O'Donnell was also re-elected for his 7th term in office. While these officials serve as representatives for the town's political decisions, the citizens of Medina also had a say in 2020 when a local referendum was held to approve funding for improvements at Veterans Park. Ultimately, the referendum passed with overwhelming support from the community and Medina continues to be an example of excellent local governance.
The political climate in Zip 14103 (Medina, NY) is strongly conservative.
Orleans County, NY is very conservative. In Orleans County, NY 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orleans county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.8%.
Orleans county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14103 (Medina, NY) is strongly conservative.
Medina, New York is strongly conservative.
Orleans County, New York is very 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.
Medina, 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 14103 (Medina)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $6,954 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $5,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)