In 14607 Rochester, NY, politics are an important part of the community. The area is represented in both the state and federal legislatures with a range of political views represented. At the local level, the City Council is responsible for governing city affairs and is made up of nine members elected by residents in each ward every four years. The Mayor, Clerk and Treasurer serve as non-voting members on the council. Issues such as taxes, spending, infrastructure and public safety all come before the Council for discussion and decision making. Additionally, there are several local political organizations such as the Monroe County Democratic Committee that aim to represent local interests in government decisions. Overall, 14607 Rochester, NY has a vibrant political climate where citizens engage in meaningful discourse and decision making about how to best serve their community.
The political climate in Zip 14607 (Rochester, NY) is moderately 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 14607 (Rochester, NY) is moderately liberal.
Rochester, New York is moderately 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.
Rochester, 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 14607 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,654 contributions totaling $217,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 239 contributions totaling $88,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)